A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.513° East, 1.0041° North, depth 6.57 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.57 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 23:08:45 / December 1, 2015 @ 11:08 pm. Event id: us100043bp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100043bp. The temblor was detected at 08:08:45 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 25 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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