A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Friday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:10:38 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.31 km (54 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 03:10:38 / February 15, 2019 @ 3:10 am. Exact location, longitude 122.7222° East, latitude -0.1289° South, depth = 86.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnz2. Unique identifier: us2000jnz2.
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk, Gorontalo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km SW of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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