A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 00:59:53 / May 9, 2018 @ 12:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3026 East, latitude 1.4487 North, depth = 110.36 km. The temblor was detected at 08:59:53 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 110.36 km (69 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e5gm. Unique identifier: us1000e5gm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 72 km N of Ternate, Indonesia.
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