A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 04:22:57 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.78 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cydt. Id of event: us2000cydt. Exact location of earthquake, 127.0142° East, 1.4361° North, depth 120.78 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 20:22:57 / February 7, 2018 @ 8:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Close 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 Ternate.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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