A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mpjb. Id of event: us7000mpjb. The temblor was reported at 23:57:12 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 23:57:12 / June 1, 2024 @ 11:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.177 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 102.0226 East, latitude -4.6418 South, depth = 46.177 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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