A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000haby. Id of event: us2000haby. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/18 / 2018-08-30 00:37:24 / August 30, 2018 @ 12:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, 95.2006° East, 5.5663° North, depth 87.7 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:37:24 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 87.7 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigli, Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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