A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (70 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4308° East, 0.4026° North, depth 36.59 km. Global time and date of event 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 00:29:37 / June 7, 2016 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us200062f2. Unique identifier: us200062f2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.59 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:29:37 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter).
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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 112 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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