A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 05/02/21 / 2021-02-05 09:07:57 / February 5, 2021 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000deml. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000deml. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.2208 East, latitude -4.5002 South, depth = 52.88 km. 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 52.88 km (33 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:07:57 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 77 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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