A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10003vrm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003vrm. The temblor was reported at 23:10:31 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 16:10:31 / November 8, 2015 @ 4:10 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 95.9839 East, latitude 4.838 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bireun, Meulaboh, Sigli (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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