A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 167.67 km (104 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.9768 East, latitude 0.0741 North, depth = 167.67 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:51:47 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/19 / 2019-10-28 02:51:47 / October 28, 2019 @ 2:51 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us700063i2. Ids that are associated to the event: us700063i2.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km SW of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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