A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.4393 East, latitude 4.4863 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000np5t. Id of event: us6000np5t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 00:39:08 / September 2, 2024 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:08 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Reuleuet, Meulaboh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 51 km NE of Meulaboh, Indonesia.
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