A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Maba in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 128.3393° East, latitude 1.2282° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pxtm. Event ids that are associated: us6000pxtm. The temblor was picked up at 17:16:12 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 17:16:12 / March 9, 2025 @ 5:16 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km N of Maba, Indonesia.
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