A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000n8pi. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8pi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 04:43:13 / August 22, 2024 @ 4:43 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.7212 East, latitude 0.0616 North, depth = 131.671 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:43:13 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.671 km (82 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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