A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 100.7047° East, latitude -2.306° South, depth = 63.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 06:32:46 / July 10, 2016 @ 6:32 am. Unique identifier: us100062c3. Ids that are associated to the event: us100062c3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.21 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:32:46 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 79 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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