A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 125.751 km, 128.1153° East, 1.7688° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 15:31:48 / December 15, 2024 @ 3:31 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:31:48 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nz3f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz3f. The epicenter was at a depth of 125.751 km (78 miles).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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