A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 126.9592° East, 1.2414° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:10:34 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jc9l. Unique identifier: us2000jc9l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 03:10:34 / February 2, 2019 @ 3:10 am.
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 67 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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