A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:52:06 / 6:52 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/16 / 2016-03-15 22:52:06 / March 15, 2016 @ 10:52 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.17 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 123.3719° East, latitude 0.0165° North, depth = 139.17 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005a1x. Unique identifier: us20005a1x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two 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. 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: 44 km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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