A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 155 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 97.0918° East, latitude 1.2694° North, depth = 26.99 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.99 km (17 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:38:40 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 11:38:40 / June 27, 2018 @ 11:38 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f3ac. Id of event: us1000f3ac.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 155 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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