A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.1982° East, 1.459° North, depth 152.389 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mr5u. Event ids that are associated: us7000mr5u. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:03:02 / 11:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 11:03:02 / June 8, 2024 @ 11:03 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 152.389 km (95 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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