A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Baturaja in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.307 km (94 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 103.7172 East, latitude -4.7178 South, depth = 151.307 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxip. Id of event: us6000mxip. The temblor was picked up at 14:30:30 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 14:30:30 / May 9, 2024 @ 2:30 pm.
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Baturaja (c. 134 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tanjungagung (c. 53 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam, Tanjungagung, Baturaja. Close 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km SW of Baturaja, Indonesia.
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