A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Labuha in Indonesia on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:20:59 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 127.667 km (79 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.2399° East, latitude -0.0094° South, depth = 127.667 km. Unique identifier: us6000piky. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000piky. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 14:20:59 / January 8, 2025 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km NNW of Labuha, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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