A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.89 km (17 miles). Exact location, longitude 96.6703° East, latitude 1.9683° North, depth = 27.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:52:14 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 01:52:14 / May 14, 2018 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e7xs. Id of event: us1000e7xs.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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