A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kuripan in Indonesia. Event id: us10003z7z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z7z. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:36:56 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.12 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 103.6298° East, latitude -4.651° South, depth = 114.12 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kuripan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 10:36:56 / November 18, 2015 @ 10:36 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lahat, Baturaja, Tanjungagung (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Baturaja (c. 134 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lahat (c. 65 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tanjungagung (c. 53 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 45 km NNW of Kuripan, Indonesia.
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