A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 120 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (75 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.84 km (43 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/11/17 / 2017-11-11 14:03:00 / November 11, 2017 @ 2:03 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:03:00 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.3178° East, latitude 1.061° North, depth = 69.84 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bm0z. Unique identifier: us2000bm0z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 120 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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