A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000fres. Event ids that are associated: us2000fres. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 13:19:04 / June 26, 2018 @ 1:19 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:19:04 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 90.3848° East, 2.2318° North.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra.
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