A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 125 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (78 miles). 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 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:58:03 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 06:58:03 / July 19, 2019 @ 6:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, 126.3784° East, 0.2337° North, depth 35 km. Unique identifier: us70004nql. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004nql.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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