A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 125.6356° East, 2.1541° North, depth 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:54:39 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/16 / 2016-09-24 00:54:39 / September 24, 2016 @ 12:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006uyv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006uyv.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 93 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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