A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 16:03:35 / December 6, 2024 @ 4:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.364 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:03:35 / 4:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.667 East, latitude 0.4234 North, depth = 60.364 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p01f. Id of event: us7000p01f.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 89 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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