A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 143 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia (89 miles). Global time and date of event 22/08/20 / 2020-08-22 00:39:33 / August 22, 2020 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000biub. Id of event: us6000biub. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.9977° East, -4.0673° South. The temblor was picked up at 00:39:33 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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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