A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.55 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/15 / 2015-06-15 11:30:47 / June 15, 2015 @ 11:30 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:30:47 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.6637° East, 0.5377° North, depth 65.55 km. Unique identifier: us20002pxe. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002pxe.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 82 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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