A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Perabumulih in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvz0. Unique identifier: us1000dvz0. The temblor was reported at 20:51:39 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 13:51:39 / April 23, 2018 @ 1:51 pm. Exact location, longitude 104.1041° East, latitude -3.2574° South, depth = 365.24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 365.24 km (227 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lahat, Tanjungagung, Palembang. The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Palembang (c. 1 441 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Prabumulih (c. 103 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Lahat (c. 65 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tanjungagung (c. 53 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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: 26 km NW of Perabumulih, Indonesia.
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