A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 87 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia (54 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 156.23 km (97 miles). Global time and date of event 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 11:03:08 / January 21, 2020 @ 11:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:03:08 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60007c1h. Event ids that are associated: us60007c1h. Exact location of event, longitude 99.8304 East, latitude 0.6623 North, depth = 156.23 km.
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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 87 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia.
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