A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Modisi in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 124.8796 East, latitude 0.5113 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000px9c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px9c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 01:29:22 / February 26, 2025 @ 1:29 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:29:22 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Tondano (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 49 km E of Modisi, Indonesia.
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