A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 123.3017° East, -0.0443° South, depth 135.83 km. The temblor was detected at 08:56:18 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10003zkp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zkp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 00:56:18 / November 17, 2015 @ 12:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.83 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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