A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 06:53:35 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.3024 East, latitude 1.7275 North, depth = 39.05 km. Unique identifier: us7000pd2i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pd2i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 06:53:35 / February 12, 2025 @ 6:53 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.05 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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