A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 245 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (152 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:45:40 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000bl13. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bl13. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.7295° East, 3.5357° North, depth 52.5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/20 / 2020-09-05 09:45:40 / September 5, 2020 @ 9:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.5 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 245 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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