A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (63 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.295 km (46 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.1238° East, latitude 1.9793° North, depth = 73.295 km. Unique identifier: us7000n8tn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8tn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 17:44:22 / August 22, 2024 @ 5:44 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:44:22 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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