A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 126.5981 East, latitude 0.5016 North, depth = 65.71 km. Id of earthquake: us70004n2f. Event ids that are associated: us70004n2f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.71 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 01:59:33 / July 8, 2019 @ 1:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:59:33 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 91 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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