According to the local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency , the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 0.97 degrees Northern Latitude and 123.32 degrees Eastern Longitude, 39 kilometers northeast of Gorontalo at a depth of 10 kilometers below sea level.
However, the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.
Nonetheless, Goronatlo residents went into a panic when the temblor occurred
"The temblor lasted only a few seconds but it was distinctly felt and frightened us," Yudin, a Gorontalo resident, said.
After 10 minutes, however, there were no more aftershocks.
Gorontalo was also hit by a 7.7 temblor in November 2008.
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