A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 168 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (104 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 10:59:29 / February 2, 2019 @ 10:59 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:59:29 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sungaipenuh in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jccs. Unique identifier: us2000jccs. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.0972° East, -2.8943° South.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 168 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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