A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.48 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 127.5997° East, latitude 1.0324° North, depth = 36.48 km. Global time and date of event 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 14:50:43 / November 20, 2015 @ 2:50 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:50:43 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10003ztb. Event ids that are associated: us10003ztb.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Ternate, Sofifi (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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