A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 144 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (89 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:36:36 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.75 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/19 / 2019-09-09 09:36:36 / September 9, 2019 @ 9:36 am. Event id: us70005dlu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005dlu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9065 East, latitude 2.4248 North, depth = 52.75 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 144 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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