A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.97 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 102.3625° East, -4.2757° South, depth 60.97 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:14:18 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 22:14:18 / August 2, 2015 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xcz. Unique identifier: us10002xcz.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam, Curup, Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-two 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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