A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 98.7222° East, latitude 1.0431° North, depth = 83.32 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d5ml. Event ids that are associated: us2000d5ml. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.32 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 23:40:49 / February 20, 2018 @ 11:40 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:40:49 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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