A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us2000jbvn. Event ids that are associated: us2000jbvn. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:40:51 / 3:40 pm (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 151.62 km (94 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 08:40:51 / January 17, 2019 @ 8:40 am. Exact location of event, depth 151.62 km, 101.9054° East, -2.3505° South.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 65 km ESE of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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