A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 75 kilometers (47 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 event, depth 168.366 km, 127.3549° East, 1.5483° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 09:54:44 / March 3, 2025 @ 9:54 am. The temblor was reported at 09:54:44 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pyey. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyey. The epicenter was at a depth of 168.366 km (105 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 75 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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