A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.49 km (80 miles). Exact location, longitude 98.9647° East, latitude 1.9933° North, depth = 128.49 km. Unique identifier: us1000h3qi. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3qi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/18 / 2018-09-22 16:04:02 / September 22, 2018 @ 4:04 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:04:02 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar, Padangsidempuan, Sibolga. The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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 earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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