A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 242 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia (150 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:41:11 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20005hdx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005hdx. Exact location of event, longitude 96.579 East, latitude 0.2976 North, depth = 10 km. 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: 12/04/16 / 2016-04-12 12:41:11 / April 12, 2016 @ 12:41 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 242 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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