A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.323° East, latitude 2.341° North, depth = 160.16 km. Unique identifier: us100034ds. Ids that are associated to the event: us100034ds. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:58:51 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 160.16 km (100 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 22:58:51 / August 23, 2015 @ 10:58 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung. Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km N of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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