A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tilamuta in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 122.2666 East, latitude 0.524 North, depth = 106.28 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 10:19:41 / August 9, 2016 @ 10:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.28 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:19:41 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006cae. Event ids that are associated: us10006cae. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-three 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 8 km W of Tilamuta, Indonesia.
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