A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 102 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (63 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003ise. Id of event: us20003ise. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7173 East, latitude 1.4439 North, depth = 118.94 km. Global time and date of event 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 07:04:52 / August 30, 2015 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.94 km (74 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:04:52 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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