A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Padang in Indonesia on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 03:50:05 / December 16, 2024 @ 3:50 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nz6g. Unique identifier: us7000nz6g. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:50:05 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 62.083 km (39 miles). Exact location of event, depth 62.083 km, 99.7865° East, -1.1966° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pariaman, Padang. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km WSW of Padang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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