A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 02:35:57 / November 21, 2015 @ 2:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000401b. Unique identifier: us1000401b. Exact location, longitude 127.3095° East, latitude 0.9062° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 11:35:57 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 15 km (10 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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