A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 06:17:59 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 22:17:59 / November 11, 2015 @ 10:17 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xn2. Id of event: us10003xn2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.62 km (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 127.2167° East, 1.5455° North, depth 100.62 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Tobelo, Ternate. Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy 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: 84 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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