A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Event id: us6000ddt4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ddt4. Global time and date of event 02/02/21 / 2021-02-02 04:35:59 / February 2, 2021 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.68 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:35:59 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.3059 East, latitude 2.2009 North, depth = 82.68 km. 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 Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-eight 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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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: 61 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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