A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.0894 East, latitude 5.0792 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 14:08:04 / December 9, 2016 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007zs4. Event ids that are associated: us20007zs4. The temblor was picked up at 21:08:04 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Sigli, Reuleuet. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 26 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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