A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.82 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:05:43 / 11:05 pm (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, 96.2165° East, 5.1608° North, depth 16.82 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 16:05:43 / December 7, 2016 @ 4:05 pm. Event id: us10007gmq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007gmq.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Sigli, Reuleuet. Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 9 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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