A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Molobulahe in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 122.6406° East, 0.4084° North, depth 104.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j44z. Event ids that are associated: us2000j44z. Global time and date of event 27/12/18 / 2018-12-27 17:12:26 / December 27, 2018 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:12:26 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 104.85 km (65 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 25 km SSE of Molobulahe, Indonesia.
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