A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/16 / 2016-04-12 00:14:35 / April 12, 2016 @ 12:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005k3u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005k3u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.2196 East, latitude 5.5548 North, depth = 96.58 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96.58 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:14:35 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigli, Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 11 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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