A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 101.9364° East, latitude -4.3777° South, depth = 45.77 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bv31. Unique identifier: us1000bv31. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 17:41:15 / December 22, 2017 @ 5:41 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.77 km (28 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:41:15 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 73 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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