A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b1wl. Id of event: us2000b1wl. Exact location of event, depth 4.38 km, 127.5676° East, 1.0849° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/17 / 2017-09-28 23:01:34 / September 28, 2017 @ 11:01 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.38 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:34 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate. Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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