A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 06:59:53 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 99.0705 East, latitude 1.7028 North, depth = 15.03 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.03 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j3yg. Unique identifier: us2000j3yg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 23:59:53 / January 14, 2019 @ 11:59 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rantauprapat, Bandar, Padangsidempuan.
Each 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km E of Sibolga, Indonesia.
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