A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Onan Ganjang in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 148.66 km (92 miles). Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 01:45:21 / December 18, 2016 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ptn. Unique identifier: us10007ptn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 99.0849 East, latitude 2.17 North, depth = 148.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:45:21 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padangsidempuan, Pematangsiantar, Rantauprapat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km E of Onan Ganjang, Indonesia.
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