A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 01:52:05 / February 6, 2025 @ 1:52 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:52:05 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 92.9816° East, 3.45° North. Unique identifier: us7000pdm6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdm6.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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