A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kedondong in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.8224 East, latitude -5.5624 South, depth = 66.79 km. Unique identifier: us20005y2m. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005y2m. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 23:35:18 / May 19, 2016 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:35:18 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.79 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Bandarlampung (c. 800 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Metro (c. 149 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Terbanggi Besar (c. 52 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kotabumi (c. 42 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Terbanggi Besar, Kotabumi, Metro.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 22 km WSW of Kedondong, Indonesia.
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