A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000np5u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000np5u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 00:39:35 / September 2, 2024 @ 12:39 am. The temblor was reported at 00:39:35 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 96.2435 East, latitude 4.4649 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Reuleuet, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NNE of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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