A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 126 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (78 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 04:17:39 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.5719° East, 1.6068° North, depth 35 km. Event id: us70006b4i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006b4i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/19 / 2019-11-14 20:17:39 / November 14, 2019 @ 8:17 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 126 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.
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