A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mtq5. Id of event: us6000mtq5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 04:52:21 / April 17, 2024 @ 4:52 am. 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.5874 East, latitude 1.4816 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:52:21 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 69 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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