A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 146 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (91 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.01 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: us1000j9dx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000j9dx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.9487 East, latitude -3.3339 South, depth = 28.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:40 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 17:51:40 / February 20, 2019 @ 5:51 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 146 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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