A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 13:53:54 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000bhpy. Unique identifier: us6000bhpy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/20 / 2020-08-20 13:53:54 / August 20, 2020 @ 1:53 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.72 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 27.72 km, 96.0843° East, 4.8799° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh, Bireun, Sigli. Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SSW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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