A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 182 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (113 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:49:50 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/02/20 / 2020-02-05 16:49:50 / February 5, 2020 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70007pfn. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007pfn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 100.5106 East, latitude -3.4849 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 182 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia.
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