A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/03/16 / 2016-03-04 08:09:54 / March 4, 2016 @ 8:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.3 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 94.5925° East, latitude -4.9069° South, depth = 13.3 km. The temblor was reported at 14:09:54 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004umf. Id of event: us10004umf.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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