A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/25 / 2025-05-14 03:16:58 / May 14, 2025 @ 3:16 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pz3s. Event ids that are associated: us7000pz3s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.893 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:16:58 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 102.3665° East, latitude -4.3636° South, depth = 63.893 km.
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Curup, Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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