Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes Bengkulu in Indonesia: US Geographical Survey

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 46 km southwest of Bengkulu in Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake was felt by people at 2346 GMT, and the epicenter was initially determined at 57.17 km deep at 4.1899 degrees south latitude and 102.1095 degrees east longitude.

In April, two earthquake events occurred.

On April 19, an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richer scale struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi.

NCS tweeted: “Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0, Happened 04-19-2022, 06:53:13 IST, Latitude: 7.20 & Long: 127.0, Depth: 50 km, Location: 779 km northeast of Kutamobago, Sulawesi, Indonesia.”

On April 5, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit North Maluku Province, eastern Indonesia.

In February, at least 10 people were killed and about 13,000 others displaced after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra.

The Basaman district and the Basaman Barat district were the hardest hit by the quake, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.

The number of evacuees jumped to about 13,000, according to the head of the operations unit of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency in West Sumatra Province, Al-Jamidi Hazin Xinhua, adding that the displaced are now staying in more than 35 evacuation centers.

He added that some relief aid has reached the earthquake-affected areas.

Before that in January, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Seram in Indonesia at 14.29 UTC, according to the US Geological Survey.

“Prelim M5.5 Earthquake Seram, Indonesia, Jan 19 14:29 UTC,” the USGS wrote on Twitter.

The epicenter was measured at a depth of 19.8 km.

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