A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 123.5971° East, latitude 0.5843° North, depth = 260.883 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:01:05 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 23:01:05 / February 15, 2025 @ 11:01 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 260.883 km (162 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe12. Unique identifier: us7000pe12.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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