A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 105 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4537 East, latitude 0.5313 North, depth = 45.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60004x1y. Event ids that are associated: us60004x1y. The temblor was detected at 12:21:25 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 04:21:25 / July 21, 2019 @ 4:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.1 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 105 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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