A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 02:05:09 / October 29, 2024 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ns0l. Unique identifier: us7000ns0l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.1311° East, 0.8731° North, depth 81.93 km. The temblor was detected at 02:05:09 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 81.93 km (51 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 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 five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. 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: 29 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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