A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:53:59 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.63 km (30 miles). Global time and date of event 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 04:53:59 / January 14, 2018 @ 4:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjf6. Unique identifier: us2000cjf6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 101.6271 East, latitude -3.5325 South, depth = 48.63 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 76 km WNW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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