A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.95 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude 96.5356° East, latitude 2.2806° North, depth = 36.95 km. Event id: us1000bjd9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjd9. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:26:38 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 19:26:38 / November 21, 2017 @ 7:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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