A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. Global time and date of event 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 08:38:33 / July 3, 2015 @ 8:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.68 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:33 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10002n7d. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002n7d. Exact location of earthquake, 127.2178° East, 1.2078° North, depth 113.68 km.
Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). 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 four and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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