A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia (0 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sumatra in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004u2r. Id of event: us10004u2r. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 15:12:08 / March 2, 2016 @ 3:12 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.42 km (10 miles). Exact location, longitude 94.3627° East, latitude -4.5031° South, depth = 16.42 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:12:08 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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