A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 23:06:36 / September 15, 2015 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:06:36 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116.74 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 116.74 km, 98.9419° East, 1.6339° North. Unique identifier: us20003p3g. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003p3g.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Padangsidempuan, Sibolga (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop).
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 six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 21 km SE of Sibolga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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