A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.2 km (46 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/20 / 2020-06-25 17:23:07 / June 25, 2020 @ 5:23 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:23:07 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 74.2 km, 128.5291° East, 2.0023° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000agik. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000agik.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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