A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 135.4 km (84 miles). Exact location, longitude 123.4414° East, latitude 0.0644° North, depth = 135.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 17:47:10 / January 2, 2018 @ 5:47 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000bz2t. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bz2t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:47:10 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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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: 43 km SE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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