A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 82.6 km, 102.3584° East, -3.9331° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 19:28:32 / September 6, 2018 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:28:32 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.6 km (51 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgl0. Unique identifier: us2000hgl0.
Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubuklinggau, Curup, Bengkulu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SE of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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