A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 160 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia (99 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:01:47 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/16 / 2016-02-17 18:01:47 / February 17, 2016 @ 6:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10004r2v. Event ids that are associated: us10004r2v. Exact location, longitude 129.1201° East, latitude 0.7992° North, depth = 10 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 160 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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