A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Sunday. Global time and date of event 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 02:50:38 / December 11, 2016 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.64 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 96.3697 East, latitude 5.3064 North, depth = 35.64 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zvy. Unique identifier: us20007zvy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:50:38 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lhokseumawe, Sigli, Bireun (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 13 km NE of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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