Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Pagar Alam, Lahat Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia
4.3 quake 18 May 6:53 am (GMT +7)

Just 13 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Pagar Alam, Lahat Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, May 18th, 2022, at 6:53 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 34 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pagar Alam (pop. 70,400) located 87 km from the epicenter, and Benkulu (pop. 309,700) 104 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: May 18, 2022 6:53 am (GMT +7) local time (17 May 2022 23:53 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 34.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 4.61°S / 102.73°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Primary data source: EMSC
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