A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us10003vvj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003vvj. Exact location of event, depth 17.42 km, 101.8534° East, -4.5017° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 02:03:02 / November 9, 2015 @ 2:03 am. The temblor was reported at 09:03:02 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.42 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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