A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000db0v. Event ids that are associated: us2000db0v. Exact location of earthquake, 127.2234° East, 0.0477° North, depth 129.82 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 05:03:20 / February 22, 2018 @ 5:03 am. The temblor was picked up at 13:03:20 / 1:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.82 km (81 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 82 km S of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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