Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Bengkulu in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.29 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 102.5655° East, -4.4952° South, depth 64.29 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxth. Id of event: us7000nxth. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 10:23:34 / December 11, 2024 @ 10:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:23:34 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam, Bengkulu (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 83 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	102.5655° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.4952° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	64.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	83 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-11 10:23:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-11 10:42:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	416	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.653	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nxth	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nxth	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nxth,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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