A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 144.7 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us200067wu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067wu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 21:53:32 / June 24, 2016 @ 9:53 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:53:32 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 127.2191° East, 1.5567° North, depth 144.7 km.
Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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