A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (89 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.54 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:19:05 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 14:19:05 / September 27, 2016 @ 2:19 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 126.7047 East, latitude 1.8983 North, depth = 53.54 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dfg. Unique identifier: us20007dfg.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 143 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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