A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Pagar Alam in Indonesia. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:45:23 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 20:45:23 / September 23, 2024 @ 8:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.166 km (39 miles). Event id: us6000ntyq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntyq. Exact location of event, longitude 102.6581 East, latitude -4.585 South, depth = 63.166 km.
The epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu, Pageralam (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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