A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 20:12:05 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qavj. Id of event: us7000qavj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 20:12:05 / July 5, 2025 @ 8:12 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 95.0779 East, latitude 6.1548 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh, Sabang (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 39 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia.
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