A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 93 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:52:13 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006u6s. Id of event: us70006u6s. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 15:52:13 / December 17, 2019 @ 3:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 100.9698° East, -2.815° South, depth 35 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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