A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 140 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia (87 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000clfn. Unique identifier: us2000clfn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.0305 East, latitude 1.3891 North, depth = 33.36 km. The temblor was detected at 02:55:56 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.36 km (21 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 19:55:56 / January 19, 2018 @ 7:55 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 140 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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