A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us100087ib. Unique identifier: us100087ib. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 90.0269 East, latitude 2.4497 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/17 / 2017-02-27 19:34:55 / February 27, 2017 @ 7:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:34:55 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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