A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 07:06:54 / November 15, 2019 @ 7:06 am. Exact location of event, longitude 101.7663 East, latitude -4.4675 South, depth = 47.49 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:06:54 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.49 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006bw0. Unique identifier: us60006bw0.
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu. 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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