A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us20002z3g. Event ids that are associated: us20002z3g. Exact location, longitude 96.2524° East, latitude 2.3242° North, depth = 23.47 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.47 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 00:12:06 / July 22, 2015 @ 12:12 am. The temblor was picked up at 07:12:06 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days thirteen 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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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: 22 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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