A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 125 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (78 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.48 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/20 / 2020-02-22 22:02:05 / February 22, 2020 @ 10:02 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us600085b4. Event ids that are associated: us600085b4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0601 East, latitude 2.335 North, depth = 41.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:02:05 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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