A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:41:52 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 128.6901° East, latitude 2.0754° North, depth = 63.221 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntvy. Id of event: us6000ntvy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 08:41:52 / September 19, 2024 @ 8:41 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.221 km (39 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 84 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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