A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 127.4013° East, latitude 1.6232° North, depth = 115.92 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:56 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.92 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g1cz. Id of event: us2000g1cz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 02:53:56 / July 4, 2018 @ 2:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 68 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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