A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4579 East, latitude 1.9748 North, depth = 79.253 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu6g. Id of event: us7000mu6g. The temblor was detected at 22:58:46 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 79.253 km (49 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 22:58:46 / June 23, 2024 @ 10:58 pm.
The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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