A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 79 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (49 miles). Unique identifier: us2000d4v2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d4v2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 12:54:05 / February 9, 2018 @ 12:54 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:54:05 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.3 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 99.5544 East, latitude -2.2314 South, depth = 26.3 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia.
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