A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 20:43:24 / July 7, 2019 @ 8:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.52° East, latitude 1.5809° North, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us70004mcv. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004mcv. The temblor was detected at 04:43:24 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Manado, Tondano.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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