A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 79.71 km, 125.6148° East, 2.1106° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/19 / 2019-06-23 09:53:52 / June 23, 2019 @ 9:53 am. Unique identifier: us700048qf. Ids that are associated to the event: us700048qf. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.71 km (50 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:53:52 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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