A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 104 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia (65 miles). Unique identifier: us1000h777. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h777. The temblor was detected at 01:27:40 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.8232 East, latitude -4.6372 South, depth = 23.66 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.66 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 18:27:40 / October 4, 2018 @ 6:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 104 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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