A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 02:32:05 / August 10, 2015 @ 2:32 am. Exact location of event, longitude 101.9457 East, latitude -2.5454 South, depth = 148.26 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100035a9. Unique identifier: us100035a9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.26 km (92 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:32:05 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km SE of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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