A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:57:29 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.734 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000mzpe. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzpe. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 16:57:29 / May 19, 2024 @ 4:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 40.734 km, 128.5587° East, 2.3157° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 89 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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