A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.37 km (18 miles). Unique identifier: us1000arfu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000arfu. The temblor was reported at 00:02:05 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/17 / 2017-10-13 15:02:05 / October 13, 2017 @ 3:02 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 127.8875 East, latitude 1.0823 North, depth = 29.37 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo, Ternate, Sofifi. The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km ENE of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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