A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 12:52:59 / March 3, 2016 @ 12:52 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:52:59 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004ucl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ucl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 94.5895 East, latitude -4.8365 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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