A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dy7b. Unique identifier: us2000dy7b. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:37:01 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 95.5567° East, 3.6946° North, depth 48.56 km. 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 48.56 km (30 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 17:37:01 / April 11, 2018 @ 5:37 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 80 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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