A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Monday. Event id: us7000mxsh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxsh. The temblor was picked up at 14:49:43 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.7313° East, 1.551° North, depth 7.97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.97 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 14:49:43 / July 8, 2024 @ 2:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. 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. 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: 36 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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