A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.09 km (33 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 06:31:36 / November 27, 2015 @ 6:31 am. Exact location of earthquake, 126.9397° East, 1.1819° North, depth 53.09 km. The temblor was detected at 14:31:36 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100041n6. Unique identifier: us100041n6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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