A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 102.144° East, -4.3819° South, depth 42.46 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:52:55 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/20 / 2020-12-04 21:52:55 / December 4, 2020 @ 9:52 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cp7y. Id of event: us7000cp7y. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.46 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 65 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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