A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lubuklinggau in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:59 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 102.9214 East, latitude -3.1892 South, depth = 197.34 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/16 / 2016-01-09 22:46:59 / January 9, 2016 @ 10:46 pm. Id of earthquake: us10004d7b. Event ids that are associated: us10004d7b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 197.34 km (123 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Curup, Lubuklinggau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NNE of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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