A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 54.59 km (34 miles). Global time and date of event 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 19:45:54 / August 2, 2018 @ 7:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.6292 East, latitude 0.4735 North, depth = 54.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:45:54 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000g4v4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g4v4.
Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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 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: 88 km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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