A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009pvs. Unique identifier: us20009pvs. The temblor was detected at 22:55:29 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.38 km (46 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.824° East, 1.4304° North, depth 74.38 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/17 / 2017-06-27 14:55:29 / June 27, 2017 @ 2:55 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 93 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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