A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Sunday. Unique identifier: us100044dv. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044dv. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 05:16:08 / December 6, 2015 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 53.38 km, 94.6913° East, 5.151° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.38 km (33 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:16:08 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 83 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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