A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 05:30:07 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.81 km (40 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.9044° East, latitude 1.1351° North, depth = 63.81 km. Global time and date of event 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 21:30:07 / July 23, 2016 @ 9:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006h51. Id of event: us20006h51.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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