A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Boroko in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.85 km (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kbwz. Id of event: us2000kbwz. Exact location of event, longitude 123.1563 East, latitude 0.8833 North, depth = 59.85 km. The temblor was detected at 03:45:34 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 19:45:34 / April 7, 2019 @ 7:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km WSW of Boroko, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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