A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lhokseumawe in Indonesia. Event id: us1000evgd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000evgd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.19 km (9 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 13:14:05 / June 19, 2018 @ 1:14 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:14:05 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 97.0098° East, latitude 5.3704° North, depth = 14.19 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Reuleuet, Bireun, Lhokseumawe. Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 26 km NW of Lhokseumawe, Indonesia.
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