A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us1000g1z3. Event ids that are associated: us1000g1z3. Global time and date of event 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 20:38:32 / July 28, 2018 @ 8:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:38:32 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.45 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 100.7614° East, -2.2298° South, depth 64.45 km.
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty 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.
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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: 71 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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