A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 144 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia (89 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 11:42:04 / November 8, 2015 @ 11:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:42:04 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.53 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 94.9036 East, latitude 7.133 North, depth = 27.53 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003z1h. Unique identifier: us10003z1h.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 144 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply