A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Event id: us7000mttt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mttt. Exact location of earthquake, 127.1816° East, 1.4193° North, depth 120.806 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 19:09:13 / June 21, 2024 @ 7:09 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120.806 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:09:13 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate.
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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