A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 65.37 km, 100.6264° East, -2.1536° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.37 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 09:52:32 / July 5, 2019 @ 9:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:52:32 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70004aw1. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004aw1.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 84 km W of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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