A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 156.803 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwm9. Unique identifier: us6000nwm9. The temblor was picked up at 22:22:10 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 22:22:10 / October 4, 2024 @ 10:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 128.3077° East, 2.2567° North, depth 156.803 km.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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