A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. 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: 11/08/15 / 2015-08-11 10:34:28 / August 11, 2015 @ 10:34 am. The temblor was detected at 18:34:28 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 136.48 km (85 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000312t. Event ids that are associated: us1000312t. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.4882 East, latitude 0.1156 North, depth = 136.48 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 42 km SE of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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