A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us60004znj. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004znj. Exact location of event, longitude 125.9296 East, latitude 1.0884 North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:14:01 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 03:14:01 / July 27, 2019 @ 3:14 am.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 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 Bitung.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 92 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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