A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:44:52 / 1:44 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 127.3889 East, latitude 1.7992 North, depth = 122.48 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122.48 km (76 miles). Unique identifier: us70004hw8. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004hw8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 16:44:52 / July 1, 2019 @ 4:44 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 69 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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