A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ck4r. Unique identifier: us2000ck4r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.41 km (61 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 98.8868° East, 1.1825° North, depth 97.41 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 20:53:38 / January 10, 2018 @ 8:53 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:53:38 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.
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