A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:49:06 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 09:49:06 / December 9, 2016 @ 9:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.96 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.2896 East, latitude 5.36 North, depth = 31.96 km. Unique identifier: us20007zfx. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zfx.
Event epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lhokseumawe, Bireun, Sigli (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km N of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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