A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 186 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (116 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 21:13:03 / January 2, 2020 @ 9:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:13:03 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.2082 East, latitude 3.2052 North, depth = 35 km. Event id: us70007145. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007145.
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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 186 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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