A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bonjol in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bonjol in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us100062ch. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062ch. The temblor was reported at 16:31:57 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 100.1162 East, latitude 0.0516 North, depth = 13.11 km. Global time and date of event 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 09:31:57 / July 10, 2016 @ 9:31 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.11 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pariaman, Payakumbuh, Bukittinggi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WNW of Bonjol, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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