A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Meulaboh in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.7067 East, latitude 3.487 North, depth = 74.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.5 km (46 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007epp. Id of event: us10007epp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/16 / 2016-12-03 22:48:11 / December 3, 2016 @ 10:48 pm. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:11 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 96 km SE of Meulaboh, Indonesia.
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