A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70004ke6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004ke6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.4 km (80 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 06:31:12 / July 15, 2019 @ 6:31 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.136 East, latitude 1.4082 North, depth = 129.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:31:12 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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