A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Event id: us1000hea2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hea2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128.18 km (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:29:43 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/18 / 2018-10-18 20:29:43 / October 18, 2018 @ 8:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0746 East, latitude 1.3614 North, depth = 128.18 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 71 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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