A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 10:59:59 / June 22, 2016 @ 10:59 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kota Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200065xy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065xy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88.32 km (55 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.0392° East, latitude 0.501° North, depth = 88.32 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:59:59 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km SW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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