A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 143 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (89 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.166 East, latitude 2.7044 North, depth = 43.72 km. Unique identifier: us70005njv. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005njv. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.72 km (27 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:02:20 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 18:02:20 / September 29, 2019 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four 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: 143 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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