A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.331 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw2t. Unique identifier: us6000pw2t. Exact location of event, depth 21.331 km, 127.4393° East, 2.3241° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 23:22:46 / February 20, 2025 @ 11:22 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:22:46 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 91 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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