A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Event id: us10005z16. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z16. Exact location of event, longitude 127.0844 East, latitude 0.9562 North, depth = 43.42 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:48:03 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 06:48:03 / July 1, 2016 @ 6:48 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.42 km (27 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 36 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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