A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.083 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 23:05:35 / December 17, 2024 @ 11:05 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:05:35 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 80.083 km, 122.3007° East, 0.8151° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phgl. Id of event: us6000phgl.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 90 km WNW of Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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