A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sembakung in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us100048ht. Ids that are associated to the event: us100048ht. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 117.5891° East, 3.7324° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 21:38:39 / December 20, 2015 @ 9:38 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:38:39 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tawau, Tarakan, Sembakung. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tawau (c. 306 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tarakan (c. 97 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sembakung (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Malaysia (c. 28 275 000 pop).
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 two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km ESE of Sembakung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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