A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1vt. Unique identifier: us2000b1vt. Exact location of earthquake, 127.5671° East, 0.862° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:32:22 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/09/17 / 2017-09-28 06:32:22 / September 28, 2017 @ 6:32 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ENE of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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