A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 136 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (85 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 126.4708° East, 1.6212° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 03:12:35 / November 16, 2019 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us700068qb. Event ids that are associated: us700068qb. The temblor was picked up at 11:12:35 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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