A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:23:22 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 23:23:22 / November 2, 2019 @ 11:23 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 99.71 km (62 miles). Id of earthquake: us600069c0. Event ids that are associated: us600069c0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.1656° East, 1.7888° North, depth 99.71 km.
Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 18 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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