A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 95.8543° East, 2.4905° North, depth 28.9 km. Unique identifier: us10006t9c. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006t9c. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:27 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.9 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/16 / 2016-09-18 09:35:27 / September 18, 2016 @ 9:35 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-two 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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