A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 14:48:16 / May 13, 2018 @ 2:48 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.21 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 127.0048° East, 1.1806° North, depth 59.21 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e799. Id of event: us1000e799. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:48:16 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (38 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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