A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 123.5044° East, latitude -0.1453° South, depth = 141.838 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 141.838 km (88 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:36:49 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 20:36:49 / March 21, 2025 @ 8:36 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000plqp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000plqp.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 90 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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