A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 102 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia (63 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 94.9885 East, latitude 6.7555 North, depth = 36.44 km. Id of earthquake: us10003xup. Event ids that are associated: us10003xup. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 06:18:59 / November 9, 2015 @ 6:18 am. 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 36.44 km (23 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:18:59 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 102 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia.
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