A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 21:31:45 / April 18, 2019 @ 9:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:31:45 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 171.06 km (106 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us700038xw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700038xw. Exact location of earthquake, 125.2161° East, 1.6762° North, depth 171.06 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Tondano, Manado. Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km N of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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