A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.4759° East, 0.9769° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 03:55:09 / November 20, 2015 @ 3:55 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:55:09 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100040s5. Event ids that are associated: us100040s5.
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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