A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 180 km SW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia (112 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 104.3107 East, latitude -7.7664 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:27:28 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us600055gi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600055gi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/19 / 2019-08-07 20:27:28 / August 7, 2019 @ 8:27 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 180 km SW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia.
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