A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. Global time and date of event 07/10/16 / 2016-10-07 16:17:31 / October 7, 2016 @ 4:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 130.32 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20007cli. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007cli. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:17:31 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 130.32 km, 127.1541° East, 1.495° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 81 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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