A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 03:39:22 / June 28, 2015 @ 3:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.14 km (39 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:39:22 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002x6z. Unique identifier: us20002x6z. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.6957 East, latitude -2.3457 South, depth = 63.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 81 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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