A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 127.4585° East, 0.7647° North, depth 110.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004188. Event ids that are associated: us10004188. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 16:39:17 / November 21, 2015 @ 4:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 110.14 km (68 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:39:17 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 9 km (5 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km ESE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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