A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (81 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 23:59:57 / May 5, 2019 @ 11:59 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:59:57 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.3916 East, latitude 1.4438 North, depth = 55.56 km. Unique identifier: us70003h5t. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003h5t.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 130 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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