A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Saturday. Global time and date of event 24/08/24 / 2024-08-24 16:54:31 / August 24, 2024 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 102.0507 East, latitude -4.5404 South, depth = 27.186 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.186 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:54:31 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n97n. Unique identifier: us7000n97n.
The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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