A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Monday. The temblor was reported at 23:36:16 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.0159 East, latitude 0.0683 North, depth = 160.17 km. Event id: us70006x3i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x3i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 15:36:16 / December 23, 2019 @ 3:36 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 160.17 km (100 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km SSW of Bilungala, Indonesia.
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