A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 171.73 km, 99.7231° East, 1.1886° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 171.73 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:11:15 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 21:11:15 / June 15, 2018 @ 9:11 pm. Event id: us1000exdn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000exdn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar, Padangsidempuan.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km ESE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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