A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 14:33:41 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 07:33:41 / September 18, 2018 @ 7:33 am. Event id: us2000hg9g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hg9g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.1 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 96.3888° East, latitude 5.341° North, depth = 47.1 km.
Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lhokseumawe, Sigli, Bireun (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NE of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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