A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qt82. Id of event: us7000qt82. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/25 / 2025-09-02 08:21:28 / September 2, 2025 @ 8:21 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 230.414 km (143 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4964 East, latitude 2.388 North, depth = 230.414 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:21:28 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 90 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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