A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us2000dbrx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000dbrx. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 18:08:47 / March 3, 2018 @ 6:08 pm. Exact location of event, depth 100.46 km, 127.3524° East, 1.7916° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.46 km (62 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:08:47 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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