A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sibolga in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.4 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:25:00 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 98.0814 East, latitude 1.472 North, depth = 54.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 10:25:00 / January 6, 2017 @ 10:25 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rmi. Unique identifier: us10007rmi.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 in the same area.
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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: 83 km WSW of Sibolga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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