A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:23:27 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 94.2839 East, latitude -4.5235 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 00:23:27 / March 3, 2016 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004w09. Id of event: us10004w09. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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