A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:32 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.1817 East, latitude 2.7542 North, depth = 27.66 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 04:53:32 / May 27, 2016 @ 4:53 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.66 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: us20005zn3. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005zn3.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra.
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