A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 23:44:19 / November 19, 2015 @ 11:44 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100040pe. Unique identifier: us100040pe. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.8 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:44:19 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 127.5059° East, latitude 0.8657° North, depth = 27.8 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km ENE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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