A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pagar Alam in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 103.2844° East, -4.7754° South, depth 66.28 km. Unique identifier: us7000bd2d. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bd2d. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:37:03 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/20 / 2020-08-26 02:37:03 / August 26, 2020 @ 2:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 66.28 km (41 miles).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam.
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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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