A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 102.1201° East, -4.131° South, depth 60.97 km. The temblor was reported at 14:50:19 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 07:50:19 / July 10, 2015 @ 7:50 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.97 km (38 miles). Unique identifier: us200031c8. Ids that are associated to the event: us200031c8.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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