JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 occurred in 4 kilometers northeast of Tilamuta District, Boalemo Regency, Gorontalo Province.

The earthquake was at 0.57 north latitude, 122.35 east longitude in Boalemo Regency at a depth of 63 kilometers on Saturday, April 27 at 13.07 WITA.

The earthquake was felt in Boalemo Regency, Gorontalo Regency, Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo City to Pohuwato Regency, and did not have the potential for a tsunami.

One of the residents of Bone Bolango Regency, Rismawati admitted that she felt the earthquake even though the epicenter was quite far from where she lived.

"It felt a little bit and didn't take long, just a while," he said.

The resident of Gorontalo City Ahmad said the same thing, he said he felt an earthquake, but it didn't take too long.

"At first I thought it was only dizzy, it turned out to be an earthquake. My glass filled with water seemed to sway," he said.


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