A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:15:33 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fqpw. Unique identifier: us2000fqpw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 96.5844° East, 4.4075° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 22:15:33 / June 28, 2018 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Meulaboh. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 58 km ENE of Meulaboh, Indonesia.
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