A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.12 km (27 miles). Event id: us6000d7z0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7z0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/21 / 2021-01-13 06:18:23 / January 13, 2021 @ 6:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 102.0868 East, latitude -4.2606 South, depth = 43.12 km. The temblor was reported at 06:18:23 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 54 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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