A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.51 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 43.51 km, 94.9761° East, 6.5008° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003vwl. Unique identifier: us10003vwl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 06:12:18 / November 9, 2015 @ 6:12 am. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:12:18 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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