A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 127.3411° East, 1.7993° North, depth 107.07 km. The temblor was detected at 16:27:11 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.07 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70006vlm. Event ids that are associated: us70006vlm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 08:27:11 / January 7, 2020 @ 8:27 am.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo.
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 seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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