A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:18 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/11/15 / 2015-11-26 19:48:18 / November 26, 2015 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.63 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.4941° East, latitude 0.9139° North, depth = 9.63 km. Id of earthquake: us100041kq. Event ids that are associated: us100041kq.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NE of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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