A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Curup in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us20005d3z. Event ids that are associated: us20005d3z. A tsunami warning has been issued near Curup in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.24 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:24:48 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 102.3265° East, -2.8226° South, depth 158.24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 06:24:48 / March 29, 2016 @ 6:24 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lubuklinggau, Curup. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km NNW of Curup, Indonesia.
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