A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Perabumulih in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 07:40:08 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 00:40:08 / July 26, 2019 @ 12:40 am. Event id: us60004zkf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004zkf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 345.27 km (215 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 103.8936 East, latitude -3.1881 South, depth = 345.27 km.
Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Prabumulih (c. 103 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lahat (c. 65 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tanjungagung (c. 53 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tanjungagung, Lahat, Prabumulih (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 49 km NW of Perabumulih, Indonesia.
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