A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boroko in Indonesia on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/03/20 / 2020-03-22 08:15:51 / March 22, 2020 @ 8:15 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:15:51 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70008ge2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ge2. Exact location, longitude 123.1799° East, latitude 1.3375° North, depth = 41.83 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.83 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km NNW of Boroko, Indonesia.
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