A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.79 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 102.0625° East, latitude -4.2028° South, depth = 60.79 km. Global time and date of event 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 23:03:43 / May 19, 2018 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:03:43 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eajk. Id of event: us1000eajk.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Curup, Bengkulu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 49 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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