A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.45 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:26:09 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70004lke. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004lke. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 16:26:09 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:26 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.1765 East, latitude -4.378 South, depth = 52.45 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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