A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:23:07 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qavk. Unique identifier: us7000qavk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 94.9925° East, latitude 6.1014° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 20:23:07 / July 5, 2025 @ 8:23 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh, Sabang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia.
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