A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:14:37 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 23:14:37 / May 5, 2019 @ 11:14 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.51 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003l1y. Id of event: us70003l1y. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.5165 East, latitude 1.7443 North, depth = 114.51 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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