A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004r32. Unique identifier: us10004r32. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:22:49 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 95.8064° East, latitude 2.5729° North, depth = 29.49 km. Global time and date of event 17/02/16 / 2016-02-17 22:22:49 / February 17, 2016 @ 10:22 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.49 km (18 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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