A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.58 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 15:32:23 / November 21, 2015 @ 3:32 pm. Exact location of event, depth 106.58 km, 126.9944° East, 0.5607° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:32:23 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000404a. Id of event: us1000404a.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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