A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (75 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 11:09:10 / July 20, 2019 @ 11:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4342 East, latitude 0.2082 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:09:10 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70004plz. Event ids that are associated: us70004plz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nine, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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