A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Monday. The temblor was reported at 05:48:36 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.9708 East, latitude 4.8613 North, depth = 55.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.51 km (34 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 23:48:36 / August 14, 2016 @ 11:48 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006dtr. Unique identifier: us10006dtr.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh.
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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