A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 137.073 km, 123.7043° East, 0.2108° North. Unique identifier: us6000n07e. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n07e. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:49:14 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.073 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 05:49:14 / May 22, 2024 @ 5:49 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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