A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 06:31:50 / January 15, 2018 @ 6:31 am. The temblor was reported at 14:31:50 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 238.72 km (148 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Molibagu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.6768° East, latitude 0.452° North, depth = 238.72 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjmg. Id of event: us2000cjmg.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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