A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 66 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (41 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 18:37:30 / April 4, 2018 @ 6:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 99.3364° East, -2.1827° South, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:37:30 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000de9u. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000de9u.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia.
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