Moderate 4.8 quake hits near Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia
4.8 quake 6 Nov 7:50 am (GMT +9)

Just 16 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday, November 6th, 2021, at 7:50 am local time, at a great depth of 399 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.8 as well.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Ternate (pop. 101,700, 94 km away), and Sofifi (pop. 36,200, 114 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Nov 6, 2021 7:50 am (GMT +9) local time (5 Nov 2021 22:50 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 399.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 1.05°N / 126.58°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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