A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 77 km NW of Bonjol, Indonesia (48 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 99.7389 East, latitude 0.4846 North, depth = 150.76 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:33:22 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20008k0x. Unique identifier: us20008k0x. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 150.76 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 15/02/17 / 2017-02-15 17:33:22 / February 15, 2017 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km NW of Bonjol, Indonesia.
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