A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 148 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (92 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/19 / 2019-12-27 08:34:00 / December 27, 2019 @ 8:34 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006rgu. Id of event: us70006rgu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 75.39 km (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 127.343° East, 2.889° North, depth 75.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:34:00 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 148 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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