A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 12:43:26 / May 5, 2016 @ 12:43 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:43:26 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005e05. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005e05. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.15 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.7598 East, latitude -0.0148 South, depth = 117.15 km.
Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 50 km SSW of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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