A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 126 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (78 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 11:30:55 / February 2, 2019 @ 11:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:30:55 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jn5x. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn5x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 100.366 East, latitude -2.5891 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 126 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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