A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 08:51:57 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 123.2823° East, latitude 0.3458° North, depth = 255.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 00:51:57 / May 6, 2018 @ 12:51 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 255.03 km (158 miles). Unique identifier: us1000dz2x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dz2x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km ESE of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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