A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Galesong in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.97 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004h9w. Unique identifier: us20004h9w. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/15 / 2015-12-14 02:17:23 / December 14, 2015 @ 2:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:17:23 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.97 km, 118.9325° East, -5.1608° South.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Makassar (c. 1 321 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Galesong (c. 83 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Makassar, Galesong (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 51 km WNW of Galesong, Indonesia.
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