A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032pi. Id of event: us100032pi. Exact location of event, depth 33.09 km, 127.1424° East, 1.1761° North. The temblor was picked up at 22:08:05 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.09 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 14:08:05 / August 16, 2015 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 50 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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