A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 139 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (86 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8534 East, latitude 2.2091 North, depth = 47.7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c0b1. Unique identifier: us6000c0b1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.7 km (30 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:07:55 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/09/20 / 2020-09-23 22:07:55 / September 23, 2020 @ 10:07 pm UTC/GMT.
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 139 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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