A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/20 / 2020-09-03 16:02:54 / September 3, 2020 @ 4:02 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:02:54 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 102.5453° East, -4.5585° South, depth 54.82 km. Unique identifier: us7000bh8s. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bh8s. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.82 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pageralam, Bengkulu. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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