A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 116 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia (72 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.58 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 101.9804 East, latitude -4.818 South, depth = 30.58 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:04 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/16 / 2016-09-08 19:36:04 / September 8, 2016 @ 7:36 pm. Id of earthquake: us10006n4p. Event ids that are associated: us10006n4p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 116 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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