A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 46 km S of Blangpidie, Indonesia (29 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pm3n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm3n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.647 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 14:10:22 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 14:10:22 / January 15, 2025 @ 2:10 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.7807 East, latitude 3.3236 North, depth = 71.647 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 46 km S of Blangpidie, Indonesia.
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