A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 95.8214° East, latitude 5.8861° North, depth = 19.79 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us700091t8. Event ids that are associated: us700091t8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.79 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 21:28:07 / April 15, 2020 @ 9:28 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:28:07 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Reuleuet, Banda Aceh, Sigli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop).
Every 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 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.
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