A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Pasarbaru in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.99 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude 99.9721° East, latitude -1.6608° South, depth = 36.99 km. 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: us1000g5t0. Unique identifier: us1000g5t0. The temblor was picked up at 18:14:49 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 11:14:49 / August 5, 2018 @ 11:14 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 71 km WSW of Pasarbaru, Indonesia.
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