A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.49 km (89 miles). Global time and date of event 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 14:30:20 / June 17, 2018 @ 2:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 142.49 km, 127.3877° East, 0.3178° North. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:30:20 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000eyf7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eyf7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi. The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km S of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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