A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us2000d2ps. Event ids that are associated: us2000d2ps. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 01:31:42 / February 5, 2018 @ 1:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:31:42 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.33 km (44 miles). Exact location, longitude 102.314° East, latitude -4.4019° South, depth = 71.33 km.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 66 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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