A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 06:07:53 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.4 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 145.4 km, 123.1852° East, -0.0299° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 22:07:53 / December 2, 2015 @ 10:07 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100042ui. Event ids that are associated: us100042ui.
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). 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 Gorontalo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 45 km S of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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