A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 232 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (144 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 23:00:32 / October 23, 2024 @ 11:00 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:32 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrdc. Id of event: us7000nrdc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9012 East, latitude 3.5106 North, depth = 35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 232 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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