A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 122 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (76 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 10:09:23 / February 2, 2019 @ 10:09 am. The temblor was reported at 17:09:23 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 100.3894° East, latitude -2.5543° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn5u. Unique identifier: us2000jn5u.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 122 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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