A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us2000at5v. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000at5v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/09/17 / 2017-09-17 16:30:20 / September 17, 2017 @ 4:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 157.83 km, 127.2591° East, 0.908° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:30:20 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 157.83 km (98 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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