A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Poigar in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 261.72 km (163 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j08i. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j08i. Exact location of event, longitude 124.1353 East, latitude 1.2161 North, depth = 261.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:32:04 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 16:32:04 / December 18, 2018 @ 4:32 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tondano, Manado, Tomohon (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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