A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 22:26:56 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139.64 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008mhj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008mhj. Exact location of event, depth 139.64 km, 123.4478° East, 0.0341° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 14:26:56 / May 1, 2017 @ 2:26 pm.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 46 km SE of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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