A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/17 / 2017-09-27 22:37:19 / September 27, 2017 @ 10:37 pm. Exact location, longitude 127.5361° East, latitude 1.0267° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000b1ew. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1ew. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:37:19 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 29 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.
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