A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:59:34 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 123.5936° East, latitude 0.2055° North, depth = 91.89 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 13:59:34 / July 22, 2019 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60004xgj. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004xgj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.89 km (57 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km ESE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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