A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.01 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 42.01 km, 101.8177° East, -4.253° South. Id of earthquake: us6000aaqs. Event ids that are associated: us6000aaqs. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 15:52:26 / June 7, 2020 @ 3:52 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:52:26 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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