A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 163.91 km, 122.9666° East, 0.0413° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 163.91 km (102 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:58:30 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Bilungala in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 03:58:30 / July 20, 2016 @ 3:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006g1u. Unique identifier: us20006g1u.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km SW of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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