A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 124 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (77 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.5843° East, 1.587° North, depth 46.05 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006f9c. Unique identifier: us20006f9c. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.05 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:25:55 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 22:25:55 / July 16, 2016 @ 10:25 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel the quake?
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: 124 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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