A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 138 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (86 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.8598° East, latitude 2.2193° North, depth = 50.68 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.68 km (31 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008kmv. Unique identifier: us70008kmv. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:18:04 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/03/20 / 2020-03-28 22:18:04 / March 28, 2020 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 138 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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