A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 110 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia (68 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 17:46:51 / November 8, 2015 @ 5:46 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:46:51 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10003vsd. Event ids that are associated: us10003vsd. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 94.8363 East, latitude 6.7698 North, depth = 10 km.
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 eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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