A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Bandar in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000erkj. Event ids that are associated: us1000erkj. Exact location, longitude 99.5667° East, latitude 1.8024° North, depth = 175.65 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.65 km (109 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/06/18 / 2018-06-11 11:34:08 / June 11, 2018 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:34:08 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan, Rantauprapat. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SW of Bandar, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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