A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:15:50 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 23:15:50 / April 8, 2020 @ 11:15 pm. Id of earthquake: us70008wvw. Event ids that are associated: us70008wvw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.6488 East, latitude 1.9031 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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