A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (80 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.2715° East, 2.624° North, depth 49.74 km. The temblor was detected at 19:35:22 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.74 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 19:35:22 / September 18, 2025 @ 7:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg7u. Id of event: us6000rg7u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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