A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 73.44 km, 127.4009° East, 2.1304° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005eua. Id of event: us70005eua. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.44 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:27:18 / 12:27 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 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 16:27:18 / September 4, 2019 @ 4:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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