A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.26 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:56:14 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000d31w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d31w. Global time and date of event 25/12/20 / 2020-12-25 21:56:14 / December 25, 2020 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 128.0111 East, latitude 2.3429 North, depth = 27.26 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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. 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: 67 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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