A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Tomohon in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 124.6194° East, 0.7939° North, depth 118.47 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/20 / 2020-11-15 08:37:24 / November 15, 2020 @ 8:37 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000cpxr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cpxr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.47 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:37:24 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Manado, Tondano. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km SSW of Tomohon, Indonesia.
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