A earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was reported 127 kilometers (79 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kota Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4 East, latitude 1.4 North, depth = 68 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 19:15:16 / June 7, 2016 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: at00o8f1hg. Event ids that are associated: pt16159052, at00o8f1hg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68 km (42 miles). The 6.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:16 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 127 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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