A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Sidomulyo in Indonesia on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/16 / 2016-01-07 15:39:28 / January 7, 2016 @ 3:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:39:28 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.85 km (45 miles). Unique identifier: us10004c4a. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004c4a. Exact location of event, longitude 122.4858 East, latitude 0.8544 North, depth = 71.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 26 km NNW of Sidomulyo, Indonesia.
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