A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 11:20:22 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). 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 62.07 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20003gg7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003gg7. Exact location of event, depth 62.07 km, 126.736° East, 0.5483° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 03:20:22 / August 22, 2015 @ 3:20 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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