A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Pagar Alam in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.53 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aba0. Id of event: us7000aba0. The temblor was picked up at 05:34:47 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/20 / 2020-06-19 05:34:47 / June 19, 2020 @ 5:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 103.3017 East, latitude -4.6264 South, depth = 137.53 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pageralam. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 66 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia.
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