A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 125 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (78 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.67 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000a0yx. Event ids that are associated: us6000a0yx. Exact location of event, depth 110.67 km, 127.0153° East, 2.2696° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:33:39 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/20 / 2020-05-20 08:33:39 / May 20, 2020 @ 8:33 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 125 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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