A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us7000q1qx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1qx. 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 40.844 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 08:09:39 / May 27, 2025 @ 8:09 am. The temblor was reported at 08:09:39 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 101.543° East, latitude -3.7624° South, depth = 40.844 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km W of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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