A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia (44 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:26:25 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 100.0556 East, latitude 0.6029 North, depth = 177.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aupf. Id of event: us1000aupf. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/17 / 2017-10-15 14:26:25 / October 15, 2017 @ 2:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.13 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 71 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia.
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