A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us6000npt9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000npt9. The epicenter was at a depth of 124.396 km (77 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 07:08:17 / September 5, 2024 @ 7:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 127.2591° East, latitude 1.6682° North, depth = 124.396 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:08:17 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 83 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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