A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.5535 East, latitude -3.5359 South, depth = 50.13 km. The temblor was reported at 10:37:07 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 03:37:07 / December 15, 2018 @ 3:37 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itru. Unique identifier: us2000itru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.13 km (31 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 84 km WNW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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