A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:13:30 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us10003vwv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vwv. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 94.7545° East, 6.5118° North. Global time and date of event 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 07:13:30 / November 9, 2015 @ 7:13 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 92 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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