A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 14:52:52 / August 20, 2024 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.673 East, latitude 0.6142 North, depth = 259.276 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 259.276 km (161 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:52:52 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n899. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n899.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). 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 Gorontalo.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 68 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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