A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location, longitude 123.6962° East, latitude 0.0947° North, depth = 135.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:55:54 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000436g. Event ids that are associated: us1000436g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.48 km (84 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 23:55:54 / December 3, 2015 @ 11:55 pm.
The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby 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.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 45 km SW of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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