A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003rwv. Unique identifier: us10003rwv. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 00:30:39 / October 21, 2015 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.54 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.2976 East, latitude 5.0402 North, depth = 53.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:30:39 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigli, Bireun, Reuleuet. Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia.
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