A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 00:54:44 / August 16, 2020 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:54:44 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.69 km (82 miles). Exact location of event, depth 131.69 km, 127.2125° East, 1.4145° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bial. Id of event: us6000bial. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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