A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pevu. Event ids that are associated: us7000pevu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 03:19:41 / February 20, 2025 @ 3:19 am. Exact location of event, longitude 94.7501 East, latitude 4.9933 North, depth = 70.163 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.163 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:19:41 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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