A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 123.5532 East, latitude 0.5003 North, depth = 237.49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 237.49 km (148 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 01:43:02 / December 11, 2017 @ 1:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:43:02 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c5kw. Unique identifier: us2000c5kw.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km ENE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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