A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Curup in Indonesia on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us1000ghlm. Event ids that are associated: us1000ghlm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 15:17:17 / August 26, 2018 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 99.31 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 99.31 km, 102.0258° East, -3.2701° South. The temblor was reported at 22:17:17 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubuklinggau, Bengkulu, Curup. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km WNW of Curup, Indonesia.
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