A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 123.4185° East, latitude 0.0401° North, depth = 133.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qd13. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qd13. The epicenter was at a depth of 133.71 km (83 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:17:19 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 17:17:19 / July 16, 2025 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 67 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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