A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 65 km SSW of Painan, Indonesia (40 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:40:46 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f2r7. Id of event: us1000f2r7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.11 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 21:40:46 / June 26, 2018 @ 9:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 100.3156° East, latitude -1.889° South, depth = 53.11 km.
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 65 km SSW of Painan, Indonesia.
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