A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042f0. Id of event: us100042f0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.13 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 12:14:24 / December 1, 2015 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 24.13 km, 127.4648° East, 0.9561° North. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:14:24 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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