A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Bilungala 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: 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 15:09:29 / December 18, 2017 @ 3:09 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.479 East, latitude 0.0406 North, depth = 144.46 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 144.46 km (90 miles). Event id: us2000c5ma. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c5ma. The temblor was reported at 23:09:29 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 47 km SE of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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