A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (71 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.89 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5762 East, latitude 1.4647 North, depth = 19.89 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:07:12 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200066d5. Event ids that are associated: us200066d5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 00:07:12 / June 24, 2016 @ 12:07 am.
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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 115 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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