A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 128.6107 East, latitude 1.8578 North, depth = 35.43 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vkv. Id of event: us20002vkv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.43 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:14:57 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 00:14:57 / July 7, 2015 @ 12:14 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 68 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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