A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Molobulahe in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 157.37 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/15 / 2015-08-28 04:21:34 / August 28, 2015 @ 4:21 am. Event id: us20003hrv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hrv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.6562 East, latitude 0.2086 North, depth = 157.37 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:21:34 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 47 km S of Molobulahe, Indonesia.
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