Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Meulaboh, Kabupaten Aceh Barat, Aceh, Indonesia

Just 16 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Meulaboh, Kabupaten Aceh Barat, Aceh, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded late at night on Monday 24 May 2021 at 10:05 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 44 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.1.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.

Weak shaking might have been felt in Meulaboh (pop. 35,100) located 88 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: 24 May 2021 10:05 pm (GMT +7) local time (24 May 2021 15:05 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 44.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.34°N / 95.36°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG