A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 168 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (104 miles) on Saturday. Event id: us2000jcc6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jcc6. A tsunami warning has been issued near Muara Siberut in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 09:58:11 / February 2, 2019 @ 9:58 am. Exact location of event, longitude 99.9811 East, latitude -2.9151 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:58:11 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 168 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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