A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 136 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (85 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 02:49:24 / November 15, 2019 @ 2:49 am. Exact location, longitude 126.5614° East, latitude 1.7184° North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:49:24 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70006bla. Event ids that are associated: us70006bla.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 136 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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