A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Friday. The temblor was reported at 14:05:28 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/19 / 2019-12-13 05:05:28 / December 13, 2019 @ 5:05 am. Exact location of event, longitude 128.5333 East, latitude 2.3599 North, depth = 56.41 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 56.41 km (35 miles). Unique identifier: us70006nr9. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006nr9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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