Earthquake with Magnitude of 4.9 Hits Bone Bolango
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14 March 2021 22:34 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck Bone Bolango district, Gorontalo province, on Saturday night, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported.
The earthquake which struck at 21.29 Western Indonesia Time (WIB) was centered 77 kilometers southeast of .Bone Bolango at a depth of 138 kilometers, the BMKG noted on its official website..
The tremor was felt at Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale II by people living as far away as Gorontalo city. A quake of MMI II was felt by some people and resulted in the hung light articles shaking.
The BMKG noted that the earthquake did not have the potential to cause tsunami.
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