A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 154 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia (96 miles). Global time and date of event 22/08/20 / 2020-08-22 03:17:46 / August 22, 2020 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bivj. Unique identifier: us6000bivj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.976 East, latitude -4.3255 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 03:17:46 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 154 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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