A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 132 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia (82 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.25 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:14:58 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 10:14:58 / October 27, 2017 @ 10:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.3155 East, latitude 1.7338 North, depth = 91.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000axgy. Unique identifier: us1000axgy.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 132 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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