A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 18:42:21 / October 22, 2024 @ 6:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:42:21 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nr6n. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nr6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.1289° East, 2.2911° North, depth 10 km.
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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