A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/24 / 2024-12-02 09:12:12 / December 2, 2024 @ 9:12 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7504 East, latitude 0.4948 North, depth = 70.418 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nveh. Id of event: us7000nveh. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:12:12 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.418 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 77 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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