A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 118.17 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:47:04 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/03/16 / 2016-03-22 18:47:04 / March 22, 2016 @ 6:47 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 125.3344 East, latitude 1.6873 North, depth = 118.17 km. Unique identifier: us20005bu1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005bu1.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Tondano, Manado (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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