A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Pariaman in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 99.3663° East, -0.8508° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ny3m. Unique identifier: us7000ny3m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:36:26 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 06:36:26 / December 12, 2024 @ 6:36 am.
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pariaman. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 87 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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