A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 54.49 km (34 miles). Event id: us1000d4kw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d4kw. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:28:48 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.3862° East, latitude 0.8874° North, depth = 54.49 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 04:28:48 / March 15, 2018 @ 4:28 am.
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manado, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tomohon. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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