A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.4391 East, latitude 1.5881 North, depth = 118.61 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.61 km (74 miles). Id of earthquake: us700090ai. Event ids that are associated: us700090ai. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 06:49:38 / April 20, 2020 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:49:38 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 65 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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