A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:49:24 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 22:49:24 / May 14, 2016 @ 10:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005iwk. Unique identifier: us10005iwk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.89 km (62 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.8325 East, latitude 0.9168 North, depth = 99.89 km.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 69 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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