A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Alahanpanjang in Indonesia on Monday. Global time and date of event 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 06:57:28 / February 4, 2019 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 13:57:28 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 87.77 km, 100.6369° East, -1.1155° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.77 km (55 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000jd1v. Event ids that are associated: us2000jd1v.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Payakumbuh, Bukittinggi, Pariaman. Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 18 km WSW of Alahanpanjang, Indonesia.
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