A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 14:06:04 / July 3, 2018 @ 2:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 99.1988° East, latitude 1.1288° North, depth = 97.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.73 km (61 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:06:04 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g18j. Id of event: us2000g18j.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 27 km SSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply