A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. Unique identifier: us700062y1. Ids that are associated to the event: us700062y1. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 03:04:26 / October 26, 2019 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:04:26 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.14 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 133.14 km, 127.5811° East, 0.157° North.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 73 km SSE of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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