A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.15 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 93.3583 East, latitude 5.6469 North, depth = 35.15 km. Id of earthquake: us200031b6. Event ids that are associated: us200031b6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 03:19:35 / July 10, 2015 @ 3:19 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:19:35 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: off the west coast of northern Sumatra. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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