A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:14:13 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e0t5. Id of event: us1000e0t5. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.92 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 17:14:13 / May 8, 2018 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 34.92 km, 96.7719° East, 2.1803° North.
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 54 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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