A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080ru. Id of event: us200080ru. Exact location of earthquake, 96.1531° East, 5.1146° North, depth 12.73 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.73 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 16:43:01 / December 7, 2016 @ 4:43 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:43:01 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bireun, Sigli, Reuleuet (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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