A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 124 kilometers (77 miles) from Jambi in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 21:35:07 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10008iz8. Event ids that are associated: us10008iz8. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/17 / 2017-04-19 14:35:07 / April 19, 2017 @ 2:35 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.5749 East, latitude -2.0108 South, depth = 308.12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 308.12 km (191 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bejubang Dua. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Bejubang Dua (c. 8 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 124 km WSW of Jambi, Indonesia.
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