A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 197 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (122 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4118 East, latitude 3.4634 North, depth = 144.11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 21:03:34 / May 8, 2019 @ 9:03 pm. Unique identifier: us70003m4g. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003m4g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 144.11 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:03:34 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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