A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 05:26:50 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.5694° East, latitude 0.8034° North, depth = 59.24 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600063ei. Id of event: us600063ei. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.24 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 21:26:50 / October 26, 2019 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 88 km W of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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