A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 06:55:17 / December 15, 2015 @ 6:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20004ha3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004ha3. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:55:17 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 101.4494 East, latitude -3.5938 South, depth = 63.36 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.36 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km WNW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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