A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.78 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 16:35:15 / December 7, 2015 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:35:15 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.78 km, 96.0787° East, 4.8201° North. Id of earthquake: us100044r3. Event ids that are associated: us100044r3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bireun, Meulaboh, Sigli.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 49 km SSW of Reuleuet, Indonesia.
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