A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004b7y. Unique identifier: us70004b7y. The temblor was picked up at 15:27:41 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 75.36 km (47 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/19 / 2019-06-27 08:27:41 / June 27, 2019 @ 8:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 96.09° East, latitude 4.1568° North, depth = 75.36 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 4 km (3 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh.
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. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 4 km WNW of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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