A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hqj1. Unique identifier: us1000hqj1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 07:13:38 / November 11, 2018 @ 7:13 am. Exact location of event, longitude 127.1574 East, latitude 1.5075 North, depth = 123.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.61 km (77 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:13:38 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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