A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 16:52:47 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Reuleuet in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 09:52:47 / February 8, 2018 @ 9:52 am. Unique identifier: us2000cyrm. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cyrm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.2239 East, latitude 4.7512 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigli, Bireun, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 51 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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