A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 21/04/18 / 2018-04-21 15:16:47 / April 21, 2018 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 33.1 km, 96.4574° East, 1.7767° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.1 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:16:47 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000dpx8. Event ids that are associated: us1000dpx8.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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