A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 123.8034° East, 0.4408° North, depth 218.48 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 218.48 km (136 miles). Event id: us20005bxw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005bxw. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:32:39 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 01:32:39 / March 23, 2016 @ 1:32 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo. Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 20 km WNW of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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