A earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 123 kilometers (76 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.7243 East, latitude 6.8385 North, depth = 7.65 km. The temblor was detected at 22:47:01 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003vry. Unique identifier: us10003vry. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.65 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 16:47:01 / November 8, 2015 @ 4:47 pm.
The epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 123 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia.
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