A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:40:19 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70006ew4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006ew4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 23:40:19 / November 30, 2019 @ 11:40 pm. Exact location, longitude 102.1878° East, latitude -4.6017° South, depth = 49.28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.28 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 89 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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