A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040i3. Id of event: us200040i3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 13:18:26 / October 26, 2015 @ 1:18 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:18:26 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 95.8416° East, latitude 2.6005° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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