A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.12 km (92 miles). Global time and date of event 29/10/19 / 2019-10-29 06:45:31 / October 29, 2019 @ 6:45 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000649e. Event ids that are associated: us6000649e. Exact location of event, depth 148.12 km, 123.1013° East, -0.066° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:45:31 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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