A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 16:33:18 / November 22, 2015 @ 4:33 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 127.3335 East, latitude 0.883 North, depth = 16.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.6 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:33:18 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100040cj. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040cj.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 12 km (7 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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