A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 20:58:42 / March 29, 2018 @ 8:58 pm. Event id: us1000db31. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000db31. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.07 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 96.0564° East, 2.6647° North, depth 17.07 km. The temblor was detected at 03:58:42 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). 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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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