A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.1492 East, latitude 3.4548 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 05:19:30 / July 14, 2019 @ 5:19 am. Event id: us70004jx9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004jx9. The temblor was reported at 11:19:30 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra.
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