A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.5988 East, latitude -2.1162 South, depth = 69.642 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mwfd. Event ids that are associated: us6000mwfd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.642 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:49:00 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 06:49:00 / May 5, 2024 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 88 km W of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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