A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (68 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 03:23:30 / July 8, 2019 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:23:30 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.29 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4474 East, latitude 0.3988 North, depth = 22.29 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004n2j. Id of event: us70004n2j.
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 twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 110 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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