A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mpl5. Id of event: us7000mpl5. The temblor was picked up at 06:47:27 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.3256° East, 0.9336° North, depth 63.029 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.029 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 06:47:27 / June 2, 2024 @ 6:47 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manado, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tomohon. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 60 km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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