A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/16 / 2016-09-16 21:11:53 / September 16, 2016 @ 9:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 96.2602 East, latitude 2.1053 North, depth = 10.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006q9g. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006q9g. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.82 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:11:53 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 43 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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