A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 01:05:49 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 96.1806 East, latitude 4.7272 North, depth = 25.06 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e90z. Unique identifier: us1000e90z. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 18:05:49 / May 20, 2018 @ 6:05 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.06 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Sigli, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 55 km SSW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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