A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 16:22:50 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 09:22:50 / October 11, 2017 @ 9:22 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000aq3q. Unique identifier: us1000aq3q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 96.5307 East, latitude 4.4461 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Reuleuet, Bireun, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop).
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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NE of Meulaboh, Indonesia.
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