A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b215. Id of event: us2000b215. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/17 / 2017-09-30 03:20:36 / September 30, 2017 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 19.67 km, 127.2699° East, 1.1735° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:20:36 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.67 km (12 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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