A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 05:29:07 / December 26, 2017 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 102.2443° East, latitude -4.3005° South, depth = 54.45 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:29:07 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000bw8x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bw8x. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.45 km (34 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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