A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 125 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (78 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:24:25 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70004ilk. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004ilk. Exact location, longitude 126.3892° East, latitude 0.2182° North, depth = 32.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.99 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 21:24:25 / July 11, 2019 @ 9:24 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 125 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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