A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.29 km (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:46:42 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000e24v. Event ids that are associated: us1000e24v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 16:46:42 / May 10, 2018 @ 4:46 pm. Exact location of event, depth 27.29 km, 96.6521° East, 2.1612° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 46 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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