A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 11:29:19 / May 7, 2017 @ 11:29 am. Event id: us10008qak. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008qak. The temblor was reported at 17:29:19 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.67 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 95.8772° East, 3.9324° North, depth 49.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (23 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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