A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.48 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:08:36 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 19:08:36 / May 19, 2018 @ 7:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bengkulu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 102.4088° East, -4.3648° South, depth 64.48 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e8nf. Unique identifier: us1000e8nf.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam, Curup, Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 64 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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