A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 145 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia (90 miles) on Sunday. Event id: us70005a8d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005a8d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 14:19:49 / August 25, 2019 @ 2:19 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.31 km (26 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 102.3497 East, latitude -5.1116 South, depth = 41.31 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:19:49 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 145 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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