A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.79 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.4312 East, latitude -3.7802 South, depth = 35.79 km. The temblor was detected at 17:14:34 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/11/20 / 2020-11-20 17:14:34 / November 20, 2020 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000cs1a. Event ids that are associated: us6000cs1a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km W of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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