A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.66 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007d30. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007d30. Exact location of event, longitude 92.5875 East, latitude 2.4733 North, depth = 31.66 km. The temblor was reported at 14:46:21 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/11/16 / 2016-11-29 08:46:21 / November 29, 2016 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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