A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:35:19 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004fma. Id of event: us20004fma. Exact location of earthquake, 127.5066° East, 0.9824° North, depth 11.83 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/15 / 2015-12-08 18:35:19 / December 8, 2015 @ 6:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.83 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 23 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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