A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Sidomulyo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/17 / 2017-07-26 10:06:23 / July 26, 2017 @ 10:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 403.92 km (251 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sidomulyo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:06:23 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 122.6939° East, latitude 0.9743° North, depth = 403.92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a187. Unique identifier: us2000a187.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NNE of Sidomulyo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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