A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:18:05 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60003rc2. Event ids that are associated: us60003rc2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/19 / 2019-05-16 22:18:05 / May 16, 2019 @ 10:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.5 km (40 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 100.876 East, latitude -2.5866 South, depth = 64.5 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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