A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pimpi in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 123.5726 East, latitude 0.505 North, depth = 256.87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 256.87 km (160 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 11:43:11 / June 30, 2016 @ 11:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:43:11 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10005yp8. Event ids that are associated: us10005yp8. A tsunami warning has been issued near Pimpi in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km S of Pimpi, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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