A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Boroko in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 22:18:55 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700049a3. Unique identifier: us700049a3. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 14:18:55 / July 3, 2019 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 123.1096° East, 0.8284° North, depth 64.85 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.85 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 19 km WSW of Boroko, Indonesia.
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