A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 171 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia (106 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.185 East, latitude 1.1543 North, depth = 34.34 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 13:12:13 / December 5, 2017 @ 1:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000bmc8. Event ids that are associated: us1000bmc8. The temblor was detected at 20:12:13 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 171 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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