A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bukittinggi in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pwj0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwj0. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 100.4292° East, -0.4212° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:07:44 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 07:07:44 / May 2, 2025 @ 7:07 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sijunjung, Padang, Solok. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SSE of Bukittinggi, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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