A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 20:24:39 / July 21, 2019 @ 8:24 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:24:39 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.5832 East, latitude -4.3968 South, depth = 62.77 km. Unique identifier: us70004q6e. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004q6e. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.77 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam, Bengkulu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 74 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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