A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.45 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000chu7. Event ids that are associated: us2000chu7. The temblor was picked up at 10:38:14 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 95.8889 East, latitude 2.5253 North, depth = 30.45 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 03:38:14 / December 25, 2017 @ 3:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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