A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 14:36:14 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.7497 East, latitude 1.5307 North, depth = 8.61 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 14:36:14 / July 19, 2024 @ 2:36 pm. Unique identifier: us7000n09f. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n09f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.61 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 36 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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