A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Thursday. Global time and date of event 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 17:37:55 / August 1, 2018 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT. 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 151.97 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:37:55 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000gj3i. Event ids that are associated: us2000gj3i. Exact location, longitude 122.9362° East, latitude -0.0741° South, depth = 151.97 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km SSW of Bilungala, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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