A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Curup in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.01 km (73 miles). Unique identifier: us1000g6bj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g6bj. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/18 / 2018-08-10 13:36:44 / August 10, 2018 @ 1:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:36:44 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 102.2771° East, latitude -3.2475° South, depth = 117.01 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubuklinggau, Bengkulu, Curup (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 37 km NW of Curup, Indonesia.
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