A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:19:02 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e45q. Id of event: us1000e45q. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7572 East, latitude 0.8717 North, depth = 35.04 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.04 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 16:19:02 / May 13, 2018 @ 4:19 pm UTC/GMT.
Close 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, Ternate. The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 68 km W of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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