A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 55 km SE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (34 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 15:12:47 / July 26, 2018 @ 3:12 pm. Unique identifier: us2000geh7. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000geh7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.96 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 99.6038 East, latitude -1.9085 South, depth = 19.96 km. The temblor was detected at 22:12:47 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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: 55 km SE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia.
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