A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 161 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia (100 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 23:10:55 / October 7, 2017 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000arlg. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000arlg. Exact location of event, longitude 97.2022 East, latitude 1.272 North, depth = 34.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.69 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:10:55 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 161 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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