A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us1000h3ci. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3ci. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/18 / 2018-09-21 13:17:15 / September 21, 2018 @ 1:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:17:15 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.5233 East, latitude -0.089 South, depth = 141.63 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.63 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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