A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 94.7141° East, latitude 6.3899° North, depth = 30.91 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 07:36:48 / November 9, 2015 @ 7:36 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:36:48 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003vx1. Event ids that are associated: us10003vx1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.91 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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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