A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9603 East, latitude 1.4315 North, depth = 114.615 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ni5g. Id of event: us6000ni5g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.615 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/08/24 / 2024-08-05 09:10:33 / August 5, 2024 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:10:33 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 85 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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