A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 23:39:28 / July 16, 2024 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000mzpj. Event ids that are associated: us7000mzpj. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.0894° East, 1.246° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:28 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. 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: 109 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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