A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 263 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia (163 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 21:44:23 / July 30, 2018 @ 9:44 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:44:23 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.5625 East, latitude 0.1046 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000ghlt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ghlt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 263 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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