A earthquake with magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) was reported 129 kilometers (80 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Sunday. Unique identifier: us70004dz3. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004dz3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 15:08:39 / July 7, 2019 @ 3:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:08:39 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.2284 East, latitude 0.545 North, depth = 24.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.94 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 131 km (82 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate.
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. 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 fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 129 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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