A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 176 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia (109 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/20 / 2020-12-31 02:33:14 / December 31, 2020 @ 2:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d4gs. Unique identifier: us6000d4gs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:33:14 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 103.8757 East, latitude -6.2187 South, depth = 35 km.
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 176 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
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