A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Event id: us600055gh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600055gh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 76.12 km, 127.0286° East, 0.3605° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 76.12 km (47 miles). Global time and date of event 07/08/19 / 2019-08-07 18:52:51 / August 7, 2019 @ 6:52 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:52:51 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km SW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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