A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 18:16:57 / November 3, 2015 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 95.033° East, latitude 5.3408° North, depth = 44.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:16:57 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200041p4. Unique identifier: us200041p4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.07 km (27 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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