A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 16:58:19 / January 19, 2020 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Molibagu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:58:19 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60007arp. Event ids that are associated: us60007arp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.14 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8192 East, latitude -0.1267 South, depth = 118.14 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 112 km (70 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km SSW of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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