A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 175.71 km (109 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:08:47 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hxhh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxhh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 17:08:47 / November 28, 2018 @ 5:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 99.5143° East, 1.5792° North, depth 175.71 km.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Rantauprapat, Bandar (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 36 km NE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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