A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 25.18 km, 96.2226° East, 2.314° North. The temblor was detected at 21:38:43 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000huxz. Id of event: us1000huxz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.18 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 14:38:43 / November 21, 2018 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 25 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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