A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:29:50 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.7647 East, latitude 1.7693 North, depth = 207.12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 207.12 km (129 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/03/20 / 2020-03-04 09:29:50 / March 4, 2020 @ 9:29 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us60008cjr. Unique identifier: us60008cjr.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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