A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.35 km (34 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.2493 East, latitude 1.1809 North, depth = 54.35 km. The temblor was detected at 15:27:49 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10004w37. Event ids that are associated: us10004w37. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/03/16 / 2016-03-04 06:27:49 / March 4, 2016 @ 6:27 am.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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