A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4237 East, latitude 2.4804 North, depth = 226.446 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.446 km (141 miles). Event id: us6000pwf7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pwf7. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 09:32:10 / March 2, 2025 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:32:10 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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