A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.67 km (14 miles). Global time and date of event 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 20:48:16 / January 23, 2017 @ 8:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v1e. Id of event: us10007v1e. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:48:16 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 95.5623° East, 2.8283° North, depth 22.67 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sinabang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (61 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 98 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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