A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.82 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60009dzh. Event ids that are associated: us60009dzh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 15:30:11 / April 22, 2020 @ 3:30 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:30:11 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.6277° East, 2.1935° North, depth 42.82 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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