A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 209 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia (130 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:06:27 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000c8m0. Event ids that are associated: us6000c8m0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/20 / 2020-10-15 22:06:27 / October 15, 2020 @ 10:06 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 100.0797 East, latitude -3.4216 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 209 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia.
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