A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Halmahera, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Halmahera, Indonesia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:54:58 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.82 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 12:54:58 / January 31, 2019 @ 12:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 127.1638° East, latitude 1.3677° North, depth = 98.82 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jb8z. Unique identifier: us2000jb8z.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: Halmahera, Indonesia.
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