A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 16:42:14 / January 9, 2025 @ 4:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pixy. Event ids that are associated: us6000pixy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.721 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 127.3542 East, latitude 1.6583 North, depth = 9.721 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:42:14 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 six and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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