A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 127.0726° East, 1.4652° North, depth 63.55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 63.55 km (39 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 10:37:14 / October 6, 2018 @ 10:37 am. The temblor was detected at 18:37:14 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h82r. Id of event: us1000h82r.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 82 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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