A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.11 km (17 miles). Event id: us100069c9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069c9. Exact location of event, longitude 95.5254 East, latitude 2.816 North, depth = 28.11 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:50 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 00:24:50 / August 2, 2016 @ 12:24 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang. 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 four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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