A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 295 km N of Gorontalo, Indonesia (183 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 14:27:11 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000cqs7. Unique identifier: us6000cqs7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 532.15 km (331 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 122.6741° East, 3.1781° North, depth 532.15 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/20 / 2020-11-17 14:27:11 / November 17, 2020 @ 2:27 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen 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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