A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.467 East, latitude 0.039 North, depth = 152.79 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 20:00:54 / November 6, 2019 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:00:54 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). 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 152.79 km (95 miles). Unique identifier: us60006bii. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006bii.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km S of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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