A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.4553 East, latitude 0.9965 North, depth = 70.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.4 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:43:34 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100032wf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032wf. Global time and date of event 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 14:43:34 / August 17, 2015 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manado, Tomohon, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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