A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 123.6792 East, latitude 0.2268 North, depth = 131.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:50:34 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.71 km (82 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000armw. Unique identifier: us1000armw. Global time and date of event 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 13:50:34 / October 8, 2017 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 38 km WSW of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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