A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 151 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (94 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.5443 East, latitude 1.8728 North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 16:42:09 / November 17, 2019 @ 4:42 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70006bt3. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006bt3. The temblor was picked up at 00:42:09 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 151 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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