A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Sigli in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007de7. Unique identifier: us20007de7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/10/16 / 2016-10-12 16:50:51 / October 12, 2016 @ 4:50 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:51 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 95.7386 East, latitude 4.7753 North, depth = 91.86 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.86 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh, Reuleuet, Sigli (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen 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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