A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pimpi in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 123.5768° East, 0.6393° North, depth 242.15 km. The temblor was reported at 21:41:14 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006q8f. Id of event: us60006q8f. Global time and date of event 02/12/19 / 2019-12-02 13:41:14 / December 2, 2019 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 242.15 km (150 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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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: 27 km S of Pimpi, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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