A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Molobulahe in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.88 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000hibl. Event ids that are associated: us2000hibl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 03:42:53 / September 16, 2018 @ 3:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude 122.5437 East, latitude 0.7966 North, depth = 69.88 km. The temblor was reported at 11:42:53 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
How would you describe the shaking?
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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km N of Molobulahe, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply