A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Pagaralam in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 08:47:58 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 102.8663° East, -4.4346° South, depth 65.29 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.29 km (41 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/20 / 2020-02-14 01:47:58 / February 14, 2020 @ 1:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70007pt0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007pt0.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu, Pageralam (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop).
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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SW of Pagaralam, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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