A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Manado in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 124.4129 East, latitude 1.4963 North, depth = 210.31 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d598. Id of event: us2000d598. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 210.31 km (131 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:29:26 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 09:29:26 / February 20, 2018 @ 9:29 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tondano. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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