A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Sunday. Global time and date of event 22/10/17 / 2017-10-22 02:52:05 / October 22, 2017 @ 2:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:52:05 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.968 East, latitude 3.058 North, depth = 42.84 km. Unique identifier: us1000avex. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000avex. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.84 km (27 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km NW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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