A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/17 / 2017-10-02 13:25:48 / October 2, 2017 @ 1:25 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:25:48 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.7318 East, latitude 2.1471 North, depth = 30.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000b3kj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b3kj. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.26 km (19 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 53 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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