A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Curup in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.1472 East, latitude -3.1586 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:31 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 20:46:31 / December 5, 2017 @ 8:46 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000bmij. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bmij.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubuklinggau, Bengkulu, Curup (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop).
Each 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km NW of Curup, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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