A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 127.534° East, latitude 0.9645° North, depth = 55.21 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:47:54 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 55.21 km (34 miles). Unique identifier: us100040rl. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040rl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 00:47:54 / November 20, 2015 @ 12:47 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km NE of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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