A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us20005aiu. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005aiu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 17:02:32 / March 14, 2016 @ 5:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.2951 East, latitude 2.2127 North, depth = 153.29 km. The temblor was detected at 02:02:32 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 153.29 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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.
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