A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 13:58:42 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 100.6047 East, latitude -2.1739 South, depth = 65.82 km. 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 65.82 km (41 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 06:58:42 / November 18, 2016 @ 6:58 am. Event id: us10007dl4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dl4.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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