A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 00:46:45 / August 19, 2015 @ 12:46 am. The temblor was detected at 06:46:45 / 6:46 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 45.04 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 95.3832° East, 4.263° North, depth 45.04 km. Event id: us100033ab. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033ab.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh. Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 W of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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