A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/19 / 2019-04-27 13:04:26 / April 27, 2019 @ 1:04 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.1 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:26 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Bengkulu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70003cyd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003cyd. Exact location of event, longitude 102.1057 East, latitude -4.3117 South, depth = 53.1 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Curup, Bengkulu.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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