A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 163 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia (101 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:46:43 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 23:46:43 / April 13, 2019 @ 11:46 pm. Exact location, longitude 94.6972° East, latitude 7.2315° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us700035m0. Event ids that are associated: us700035m0.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 163 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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