A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 117 km SSW of Painan, Indonesia (73 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 13:41:04 / July 14, 2019 @ 1:41 pm. Event id: us60004unn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004unn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 100.3657° East, -2.3891° South. The temblor was reported at 20:41:04 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 117 km SSW of Painan, Indonesia.
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