A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.7791° East, 1.5215° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000n09e. Event ids that are associated: us7000n09e. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 14:31:30 / July 19, 2024 @ 2:31 pm. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:31:30 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate, Sofifi, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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