A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 135 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (84 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.6378 East, latitude 1.765 North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006bzj. Unique identifier: us60006bzj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 12:08:29 / November 15, 2019 @ 12:08 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:08:29 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 135 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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