A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Lubuklinggau in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 201.079 km (125 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:07:27 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 102.7448 East, latitude -3.0609 South, depth = 201.079 km. Unique identifier: us6000pkbn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkbn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 01:07:27 / January 16, 2025 @ 1:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu, Curup, Lubuklinggau. Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NNW of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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