A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:05:30 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 131.42 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vyn. Id of event: us20002vyn. Exact location of event, depth 131.42 km, 127.0494° East, 1.0819° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 12:05:30 / July 8, 2015 @ 12:05 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
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 one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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