A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Cangkeuteuk Sabrang in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 15:30:08 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006d92. Event ids that are associated: us10006d92. Global time and date of event 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 08:30:08 / August 12, 2016 @ 8:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 104.9132° East, -6.5606° South, depth 68.28 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Cangkeuteuk Sabrang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.28 km (42 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km WNW of Cangkeuteuk Sabrang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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