A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 122 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (76 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.502 East, latitude 1.4707 North, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 20:39:16 / May 5, 2016 @ 8:39 pm. Unique identifier: us10005e5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005e5j. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:39:16 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 122 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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