A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:16:03 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.1302° East, 5.1203° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 17:16:03 / December 7, 2016 @ 5:16 pm. Id of earthquake: us200080rw. Event ids that are associated: us200080rw.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bireun, Sigli, Reuleuet. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km WSW of Reuleuet, Indonesia.
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