A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 114 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jncp. Id of event: us2000jncp. The temblor was detected at 01:13:53 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.36 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4597° East, 0.299° North, depth 38.36 km. Global time and date of event 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 17:13:53 / February 7, 2019 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 114 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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