A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Parapat in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dcy. Id of event: us10005dcy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143 km (89 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 location of earthquake, longitude 99.0187 East, latitude 2.4699 North, depth = 143 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/16 / 2016-04-22 00:16:40 / April 22, 2016 @ 12:16 am. The temblor was reported at 07:16:40 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kisaran (c. 129 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pekan Bahapal (c. 40 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kisaran, Sibolga, Pekan Bahapal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSE of Parapat, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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