A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 20:34:39 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/04/18 / 2018-04-19 13:34:39 / April 19, 2018 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 96.2517° East, 2.1875° North, depth 38.76 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.76 km (24 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dnl9. Unique identifier: us1000dnl9.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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