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Strong earthquake: M6.4 quake has struck near Reuleuet in Indonesia


Earthquake location 5.3081S, 96.2686WA earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 96.2686 East, latitude 5.3081 North, depth = 17.16 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 22:03:34 / December 6, 2016 @ 10:03 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:03:34 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007ghm. Event ids that are associated: us10007ghm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Reuleuet in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.16 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang, Banda Aceh, Lhokseumawe (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 10 km N of Reuleuet, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.2686° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.3081° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km N of Reuleuet, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-06 22:03:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-06 22:31:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 15 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.01 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 640 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.68 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007ghm Id of event.
Event Code 10007ghm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007ghm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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