A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcyb. Id of event: us2000dcyb. Global time and date of event 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:07:40 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 30.44 km, 95.9222° East, 2.6224° North. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:07:40 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.44 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 53 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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