A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 12:35:42 / October 22, 2024 @ 12:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.321 km (99 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nme9. Event ids that are associated: us7000nme9. The temblor was picked up at 12:35:42 / 12:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 127.1007° East, latitude 1.1321° North, depth = 159.321 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 49 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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