A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.63 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/16 / 2016-12-31 15:01:21 / December 31, 2016 @ 3:01 pm. Event id: us10007nwc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007nwc. The temblor was picked up at 21:01:21 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 55.63 km, 94.6225° East, 5.3935° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Close 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 79 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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