A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 167 km WSW of Sibolga, Indonesia (104 miles). Id of earthquake: us20005ahb. Event ids that are associated: us20005ahb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.22 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/03/16 / 2016-03-17 14:00:58 / March 17, 2016 @ 2:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 97.4662 East, latitude 1.0093 North, depth = 29.22 km. The temblor was detected at 21:00:58 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 167 km WSW of Sibolga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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