A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:49:01 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 92.701 East, latitude 0.5796 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 28/12/19 / 2019-12-28 08:49:01 / December 28, 2019 @ 8:49 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006rum. Unique identifier: us70006rum.
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 one 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. Every 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: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra.
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