A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Boroko in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 08:47:52 / September 25, 2015 @ 8:47 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20003nzc. Event ids that are associated: us20003nzc. The temblor was picked up at 16:47:52 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.82 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 122.7584° East, 1.3002° North, depth 45.82 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 71 km NW of Boroko, Indonesia.
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