A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 16:34:57 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.07 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 09:34:57 / November 8, 2015 @ 9:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.8752 East, latitude 0.7426 North, depth = 75.07 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003vph. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vph.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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