A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.71 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/17 / 2017-09-29 05:25:49 / September 29, 2017 @ 5:25 am. The temblor was reported at 14:25:49 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 127.508° East, 1.0707° North, depth 7.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b1yx. Id of event: us2000b1yx.
Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 32 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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