A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 16:20:49 / October 2, 2024 @ 4:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.8224 East, latitude -4.5278 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nw47. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nw47. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:20:49 / 4:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 94 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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