A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 95 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (59 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:23:42 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/19 / 2019-11-09 11:23:42 / November 9, 2019 @ 11:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 229.33 km (142 miles). Id of earthquake: us60006c2g. Event ids that are associated: us60006c2g. Exact location of event, longitude 128.4799 East, latitude 2.4471 North, depth = 229.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 95 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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