A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bilungala in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 139.76 km (87 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:29:25 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100068b1. Id of event: us100068b1. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 08:29:25 / July 29, 2016 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 139.76 km, 123.4233° East, 0.0276° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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