A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:42:20 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.34 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9744 East, latitude 1.2726 North, depth = 80.34 km. Global time and date of event 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 17:42:20 / June 2, 2018 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ehg2. Id of event: us1000ehg2.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate. Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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