A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bireun in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 00:41:58 / December 20, 2018 @ 12:41 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1rh. Unique identifier: us2000j1rh. Exact location of earthquake, 96.6288° East, 4.6243° North, depth 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:41:58 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lhokseumawe, Meulaboh, Reuleuet (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 64 km S of Bireun, Indonesia.
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