A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 149 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (93 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006tt3. Id of event: us70006tt3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.68 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 127.4476° East, latitude 2.9581° North, depth = 64.68 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:31:42 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 18:31:42 / December 16, 2019 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 149 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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