A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Event id: us6000q7hy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q7hy. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:17:45 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/25 / 2025-04-21 07:17:45 / April 21, 2025 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.971 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 127.067° East, 0.404° North, depth 133.971 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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