A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 10:41:48 / November 17, 2018 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:41:48 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.1 km (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 98.6156° East, 0.8754° North, depth 76.1 km. Event id: us1000ht53. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ht53.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan. The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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