A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) strikes 126 kilometers (78 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3547 East, latitude 1.295 North, depth = 38.31 km. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:16 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 19:15:16 / June 7, 2016 @ 7:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.31 km (24 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pt16159052, us200062l9, at00o8f1hg. Unique identifier: us200062l9. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kota Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 127 km (79 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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