A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Saturday. Event id: us600043s0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600043s0. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:49:08 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 127.4624 East, latitude 1.7857 North, depth = 124.26 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.26 km (77 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 22:49:08 / June 14, 2019 @ 10:49 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 61 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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