A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 116 km SW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.6829° East, -0.0177° South, depth 50.7 km. The temblor was reported at 16:21:29 / 4:21 pm (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 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 08:21:29 / February 15, 2019 @ 8:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.7 km (32 miles). Event id: us2000jnz5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jnz5.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 116 km SW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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