A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Padang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 02:54:47 / February 10, 2021 @ 2:54 am. Id of earthquake: us6000diz9. Event ids that are associated: us6000diz9. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:54:47 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 62.34 km (39 miles). Exact location, longitude 100.254° East, latitude -1.3966° South, depth = 62.34 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pariaman, Solok, Padang. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km SSW of Padang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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