A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.3839 East, latitude -2.7362 South, depth = 157.17 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/20 / 2020-07-30 19:43:26 / July 30, 2020 @ 7:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 157.17 km (98 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:43:26 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b9qp. Id of event: us6000b9qp.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km S of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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