A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.1173 East, latitude 1.0724 North, depth = 51.78 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.78 km (32 miles). Event id: us1000hc4z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hc4z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 23:03:33 / October 14, 2018 @ 11:03 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:03:33 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 42 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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