A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.227 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 16:24:20 / September 23, 2024 @ 4:24 pm. Unique identifier: us7000nguh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nguh. Exact location of earthquake, 100.7892° East, -2.3093° South, depth 75.227 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:24:20 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 72 km WSW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia.
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