A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:57 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000due4. Unique identifier: us1000due4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.64 km (19 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 19:05:57 / April 29, 2018 @ 7:05 pm. Exact location of event, depth 30.64 km, 96.2555° East, 4.7141° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sigli, Bireun, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop).
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 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 55 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia.
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