A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported southern Sumatra, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.2971 East, latitude -4.4044 South, depth = 63.91 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.91 km (40 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:33:41 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008pxb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008pxb. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 21:33:41 / May 5, 2017 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
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