A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Pariaman in Indonesia on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.766 km (43 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nx9p. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nx9p. 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: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 09:50:03 / December 9, 2024 @ 9:50 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:03 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 99.5542° East, -0.9861° South, depth 69.766 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Padang, Pariaman (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven 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.
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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: 74 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia.
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