A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.47 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000ixds. Event ids that are associated: us2000ixds. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/18 / 2018-12-25 07:18:22 / December 25, 2018 @ 7:18 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:18:22 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.5168° East, 1.1502° North, depth 24.47 km.
Event epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). 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 Ternate.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 102 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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