A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Thursday. Global time and date of event 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 07:21:52 / December 8, 2016 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007pnj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007pnj. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:21:52 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.2057 East, latitude 5.1609 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bireun, Sigli, Reuleuet (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 10 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia.
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