A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 143 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia (89 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700061dd. Id of event: us700061dd. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:26:32 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 22:26:32 / October 30, 2019 @ 10:26 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 101.1284 East, latitude -4.4216 South, depth = 7.02 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.02 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 143 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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