A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/20 / 2020-02-11 15:13:27 / February 11, 2020 @ 3:13 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 147.15 km (91 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:13:27 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70007sfm. Event ids that are associated: us70007sfm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.5999 East, latitude 0.1378 North, depth = 147.15 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km WSW of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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