A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 233.212 km (145 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.821° East, latitude 2.0541° North, depth = 233.212 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 09:22:04 / June 2, 2024 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:22:04 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mpls. Id of event: us7000mpls.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 41 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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