A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:07:47 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 00:07:47 / August 26, 2015 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.84 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 119.84 km, 127.2643° East, -0.0082° South. Id of earthquake: us20003hj7. Event ids that are associated: us20003hj7.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km S of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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