A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:40:49 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009g4j. Id of event: us70009g4j. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.11 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0296 East, latitude 0.2979 North, depth = 133.11 km. Global time and date of event 08/05/20 / 2020-05-08 17:40:49 / May 8, 2020 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 67 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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