A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 18:19:47 / May 12, 2018 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 52.04 km, 126.8966° East, 0.9945° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.04 km (32 miles). Unique identifier: us1000e75j. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e75j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:19:47 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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