A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:50:44 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 22:50:44 / February 3, 2018 @ 10:50 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 106.01 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfhr. Unique identifier: us1000cfhr. Exact location of event, longitude 98.9888 East, latitude 1.099 North, depth = 106.01 km.
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (28 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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