A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008q2b. Id of event: us10008q2b. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:21:00 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 99.5259° East, 0.5954° North. Global time and date of event 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 10:21:00 / May 6, 2017 @ 10:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SSE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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