A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.08 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:55:06 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 94.6582 East, latitude 6.3944 North, depth = 31.08 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xum. Id of event: us10003xum. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 05:55:06 / November 9, 2015 @ 5:55 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 91 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia.
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