A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 61.74 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/15 / 2015-10-09 23:53:50 / October 9, 2015 @ 11:53 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:53:50 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.1066 East, latitude 1.3489 North, depth = 61.74 km. Id of earthquake: us10003p5w. Event ids that are associated: us10003p5w.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 68 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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