A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004028. Unique identifier: us10004028. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6936 East, latitude 0.606 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 04:38:25 / November 21, 2015 @ 4:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:38:25 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 77 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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