A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Tilamuta in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ufx. Id of event: us10004ufx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 160 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 19:51:16 / February 29, 2016 @ 7:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 122.5294° East, 0.4328° North, depth 160 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:51:16 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km ESE of Tilamuta, Indonesia.
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