A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000plem. Event ids that are associated: us6000plem. Exact location of earthquake, 126.571° East, 0.8502° North, depth 48.425 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:16:02 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 11:16:02 / January 21, 2025 @ 11:16 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.425 km (30 miles).
Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 90 km W of Ternate, Indonesia.
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