A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.084 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:38:15 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 19:38:15 / March 29, 2025 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000pnpk. Event ids that are associated: us7000pnpk. Exact location of event, depth 137.084 km, 123.423° East, -0.0256° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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