A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xur. Id of event: us10003xur. Exact location of event, longitude 94.7245 East, latitude 6.3775 North, depth = 33.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 06:56:05 / November 9, 2015 @ 6:56 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:56:05 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.94 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).
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. 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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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