A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4621 East, latitude 2.3789 North, depth = 41.584 km. Unique identifier: us6000ntvt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntvt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 07:47:26 / September 19, 2024 @ 7:47 am. The temblor was picked up at 07:47:26 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.584 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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