A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Poigar in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 07:01:12 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/16 / 2016-09-12 23:01:12 / September 12, 2016 @ 11:01 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 312.09 km (194 miles). Exact location, longitude 124.0675° East, latitude 1.6775° North, depth = 312.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006qvu. Id of event: us10006qvu.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Manado (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km NNW of Poigar, Indonesia.
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