A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, southern Sumatra, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 102.7637 East, latitude -4.7118 South, depth = 61.73 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000am1i. Id of event: us7000am1i. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/20 / 2020-07-11 20:54:32 / July 11, 2020 @ 8:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.73 km (38 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:54:32 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pageralam (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
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