A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Curup in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.37 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Curup in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:29:29 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/03/19 / 2019-03-16 22:29:29 / March 16, 2019 @ 10:29 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000jh81. Event ids that are associated: us1000jh81. Exact location, longitude 101.9538° East, latitude -3.1778° South, depth = 91.37 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lubuklinggau, Bengkulu, Curup (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 71 km WNW of Curup, Indonesia.
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