A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 22:30:55 / June 3, 2020 @ 10:30 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a5jq. Unique identifier: us6000a5jq. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.1264° East, 5.5727° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:30:55 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sigli, Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 23 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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