A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia (0 miles) on Thursday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:26:56 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 94.5221 East, latitude -4.6574 South, depth = 15.95 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004uei. Unique identifier: us10004uei. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.95 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 17:26:56 / March 3, 2016 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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