A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 121 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia (75 miles). Unique identifier: us2000bvyl. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvyl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:21:02 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 56.87 km, 97.3738° East, 2.0176° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 20:21:02 / November 20, 2017 @ 8:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.87 km (35 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 121 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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