A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.3431 East, latitude 2.3431 North, depth = 31.47 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003146. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003146. The temblor was detected at 17:04:56 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 10:04:56 / July 22, 2015 @ 10:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.47 km (20 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two 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. 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: 15 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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