A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 12:08:52 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.8416 East, latitude 6.5054 North, depth = 37.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.73 km (23 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 06:08:52 / November 9, 2015 @ 6:08 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xun. Id of event: us10003xun.
Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabang (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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