A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Curup in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 164.67 km, 102.2034° East, -2.8106° South. Unique identifier: us20008k8s. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008k8s. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:07:37 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 164.67 km (102 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/17 / 2017-02-03 18:07:37 / February 3, 2017 @ 6:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubuklinggau, Curup. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km NNW of Curup, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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