A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 08:17:49 / October 27, 2016 @ 8:17 am. Exact location of event, depth 56.61 km, 125.8165° East, 1.3979° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 56.61 km (35 miles). Id of earthquake: us100072ai. Event ids that are associated: us100072ai. The temblor was picked up at 16:17:49 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Manado, Tondano (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.
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