A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 166 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (103 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:33:46 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 13:33:46 / February 2, 2019 @ 1:33 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jcec. Unique identifier: us2000jcec. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 99.9141° East, -2.9318° South.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 166 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia.
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