A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/19 / 2019-07-09 22:54:26 / July 9, 2019 @ 10:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.96 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004gee. Id of event: us70004gee. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:54:26 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.6913 East, latitude -4.0123 South, depth = 35.96 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
Did you feel the quake?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply