A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us10006cak. Event ids that are associated: us10006cak. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.49 km (86 miles). Exact location, longitude 123.7501° East, latitude 0.1231° North, depth = 138.49 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:27:39 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 11:27:39 / August 9, 2016 @ 11:27 am.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 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 one, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SW of Molibagu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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