A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 03:51:29 / September 16, 2015 @ 3:51 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jvr. Id of event: us20003jvr. The temblor was reported at 09:51:29 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 96.4302° East, latitude 1.6685° North, depth = 27.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.72 km (17 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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