A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Curup in Indonesia. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:00:27 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Curup in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000a2vm. Event ids that are associated: us2000a2vm. Global time and date of event 31/07/17 / 2017-07-31 14:00:27 / July 31, 2017 @ 2:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 102.2749 East, latitude -2.6759 South, depth = 163.78 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 163.78 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lubuklinggau, Curup (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 92 km NNW of Curup, Indonesia.
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