A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:15:55 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sungaipenuh in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007rki. Event ids that are associated: us10007rki. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 06:15:55 / January 6, 2017 @ 6:15 am. Exact location of event, depth 91.9 km, 101.4637° East, -2.871° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 91.9 km (57 miles).
Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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