A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. 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: 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 22:25:48 / December 24, 2015 @ 10:25 pm. Unique identifier: us100049di. Ids that are associated to the event: us100049di. The temblor was reported at 06:25:48 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 131.38 km (82 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.207° East, latitude 1.5725° North, depth = 131.38 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Tobelo, 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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