A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Manado in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 226.82 km (141 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 07:21:38 / July 8, 2016 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 226.82 km, 124.808° East, 1.8234° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:21:38 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100061ua. Event ids that are associated: us100061ua.
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 Bitung, Tondano, Tomohon. Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 37 km N of Manado, Indonesia.
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