A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 01/03/18 / 2018-03-01 23:10:31 / March 1, 2018 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 184.89 km (115 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.6304 East, latitude 0.4706 North, depth = 184.89 km. The temblor was detected at 07:10:31 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000da2k. Id of event: us2000da2k.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo.
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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 WNW of Molibagu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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