A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 08:55:07 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.0166 East, latitude 0.0916 North, depth = 178.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 178.48 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 00:55:07 / December 8, 2016 @ 12:55 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007z1e. Id of event: us20007z1e.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SW of Bilungala, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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