A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 01:57:45 / April 17, 2020 @ 1:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.34 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 64.34 km, 128.3354° East, 2.4117° North. The temblor was picked up at 10:57:45 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60009arw. Event ids that are associated: us60009arw.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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