A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bonjol in Indonesia on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:01 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 21:47:01 / May 6, 2016 @ 9:47 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 169.34 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 169.34 km, 100.1359° East, 0.3632° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005efm. Unique identifier: us10005efm.
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Payakumbuh, Bukittinggi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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