A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 168 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia (104 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/11/18 / 2018-11-01 00:57:55 / November 1, 2018 @ 12:57 am. Exact location of earthquake, 96.8396° East, 1.0272° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:57:55 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000hp7i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hp7i.
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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: 168 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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