A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Modisi in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.336 km (127 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:52:26 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 08:52:26 / March 22, 2025 @ 8:52 am. Unique identifier: us7000plty. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000plty. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 123.8541° East, 0.3545° North, depth 204.336 km.

Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km W of Modisi, Indonesia.

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