A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Bonjol in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us10006u38. Event ids that are associated: us10006u38. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/16 / 2016-09-21 16:50:00 / September 21, 2016 @ 4:50 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 162.5 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 100.0846° East, latitude 0.4361° North, depth = 162.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:00 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter).
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 Bukittinggi. Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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