A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Pasarbaru in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 100.2525° East, -1.6452° South, depth 53.28 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 06:35:37 / August 2, 2015 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.28 km (33 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:35:37 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10002x9g. Event ids that are associated: us10002x9g.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padang (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SW of Pasarbaru, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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