A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 127.242 East, latitude 1.4953 North, depth = 123.663 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:22 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 123.663 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 12:03:22 / May 26, 2025 @ 12:03 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000qjkd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qjkd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Tobelo, Ternate (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 79 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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