A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tilamuta in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 140.68 km (87 miles). Global time and date of event 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 01:33:49 / July 29, 2015 @ 1:33 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:33:49 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003339. Event ids that are associated: us10003339. Exact location of earthquake, 122.3241° East, 0.4137° North, depth 140.68 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 12 km S of Tilamuta, Indonesia.
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