A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 05:34:20 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 127.345 km (79 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/25 / 2025-01-24 05:34:20 / January 24, 2025 @ 5:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.5848 East, latitude -0.012 South, depth = 127.345 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000paeg. Event ids that are associated: us7000paeg.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 84 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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