A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.88 km (32 miles). Exact location of event, depth 51.88 km, 126.9085° East, 0.3173° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 14:59:36 / April 13, 2020 @ 2:59 pm. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:59:36 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008vi8. Unique identifier: us70008vi8.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km SW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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