A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 126 km SSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (78 miles). Event id: us10007eqi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007eqi. The temblor was reported at 12:29:55 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 03:29:55 / December 4, 2016 @ 3:29 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.14 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 127.1129° East, -0.334° South, depth 78.14 km.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 126 km SSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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