A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:30:38 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 92.423 East, latitude 3.6743 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000b3i9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b3i9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/20 / 2020-07-20 18:30:38 / July 20, 2020 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: off the west coast of northern Sumatra.
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