A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.48 km (41 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 100.7074 East, latitude -2.3871 South, depth = 66.48 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:51:10 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/04/18 / 2018-04-13 23:51:10 / April 13, 2018 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000e011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e011.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 82 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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