A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Tuesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:30:36 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.8041 East, latitude 3.8297 North, depth = 50.03 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000at97. Unique identifier: us1000at97. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/17 / 2017-10-17 13:30:36 / October 17, 2017 @ 1:30 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.03 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 49 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia.
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