A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Surian in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 06:27:04 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000j8dg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j8dg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/02/19 / 2019-02-27 23:27:04 / February 27, 2019 @ 11:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 101.6013 East, latitude -1.301 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Surian in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sijunjung, Sungai Penuh. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km E of Surian, Indonesia.
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