A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 22:53:18 / January 27, 2018 @ 10:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 96.3074° East, 3.7037° North, depth 66.85 km. Id of earthquake: us2000cyu3. Event ids that are associated: us2000cyu3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.85 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:53:18 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 two, 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km SSE of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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