A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. Global time and date of event 08/06/19 / 2019-06-08 16:59:28 / June 8, 2019 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:59:28 / 1:59 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, depth 129.29 km, 127.3457° East, 1.5119° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 129.29 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600040pz. Id of event: us600040pz.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 78 km (48 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 eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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