A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Poigar in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.434 East, latitude 1.3512 North, depth = 234.15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 234.15 km (145 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:53:32 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100069gj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069gj. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 09:53:32 / July 27, 2016 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tondano. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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