A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.46 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6202 East, latitude 0.511 North, depth = 50.46 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033n1. Id of event: us100033n1. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/15 / 2015-08-20 11:00:10 / August 20, 2015 @ 11:00 am UTC/GMT. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:00:10 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 88 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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