A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.6 km (99 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i05l. Id of event: us1000i05l. The temblor was reported at 10:50:11 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 02:50:11 / December 2, 2018 @ 2:50 am. Exact location of event, longitude 123.5467 East, latitude 0.0124 North, depth = 159.6 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 55 km SE of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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