A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Tondano in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 74.73 km, 125.2319° East, 0.6768° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.73 km (46 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 temblor was reported at 19:35:36 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 11:35:36 / August 29, 2015 @ 11:35 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100035z4. Unique identifier: us100035z4.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Bitung, Tomohon (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 77 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia.
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