A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 134 km W of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (83 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 04:49:19 / August 25, 2019 @ 4:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:49:19 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005a80. Unique identifier: us70005a80. Exact location of event, longitude 126.1784 East, latitude 0.5683 North, depth = 35 km.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 134 km W of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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