A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 94.834 East, latitude 6.3882 North, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us10003vxc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003vxc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 08:12:49 / November 9, 2015 @ 8:12 am. The temblor was reported at 14:12:49 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 107 km (66 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh, Sabang (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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