A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 148.14 km (92 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:14:25 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3416 East, latitude 1.1169 North, depth = 148.14 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 23:14:25 / January 4, 2019 @ 11:14 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7bc. Unique identifier: us2000j7bc.
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km N of Ternate, Indonesia.
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