A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70003b5i. Event ids that are associated: us70003b5i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.22 km (68 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:28:25 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 03:28:25 / April 24, 2019 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 128.3107° East, latitude 2.3086° North, depth = 109.22 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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