A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Sidomulyo in Indonesia on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005bcv. Unique identifier: us20005bcv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 122.5955 East, latitude 1.2398 North, depth = 55.82 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:34:52 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.82 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 00:34:52 / March 21, 2016 @ 12:34 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
Every 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 65 km N of Sidomulyo, Indonesia.
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