A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngct. Unique identifier: us7000ngct. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 00:38:11 / August 27, 2024 @ 12:38 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.021 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 21.021 km, 125.975° East, 1.1736° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:38:11 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 98 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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