A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.94 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000efrt. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000efrt. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:26:33 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 18:26:33 / May 31, 2018 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.1274 East, latitude 1.5404 North, depth = 112.94 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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