A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 127.5121° East, latitude 1.5948° North, depth = 127.07 km. Id of earthquake: us70008wvh. Event ids that are associated: us70008wvh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:50:08 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.07 km (79 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 11:50:08 / April 8, 2020 @ 11:50 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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