A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005fdy. Id of event: us70005fdy. Exact location of earthquake, 128.2509° East, 1.9361° North, depth 120.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/19 / 2019-09-12 15:28:45 / September 12, 2019 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.15 km (75 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:28:45 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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