A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Surian in Indonesia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:54:06 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 15:54:06 / January 4, 2018 @ 3:54 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cksi. Id of event: us2000cksi. Exact location of earthquake, 101.0692° East, -1.2136° South, depth 149.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.82 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Padang, Solok, Sijunjung. Close 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 21 km ENE of Surian, Indonesia.
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