A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/18 / 2018-09-09 05:11:18 / September 9, 2018 @ 5:11 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:11:18 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 100.7438 East, latitude -2.3163 South, depth = 55.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hgpr. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgpr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.8 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 75 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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