A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lolak in Indonesia. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:13:28 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/09/18 / 2018-09-26 18:13:28 / September 26, 2018 @ 6:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 272.17 km (169 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h5rr. Unique identifier: us1000h5rr. Exact location of earthquake, 123.8132° East, 0.8733° North, depth 272.17 km.
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 21 km W of Lolak, Indonesia.
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