A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 118 km W of Kabanjahe, Indonesia (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.4219 East, latitude 3.0514 North, depth = 58.1 km. Id of earthquake: us2000j3ss. Event ids that are associated: us2000j3ss. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 10:23:16 / December 26, 2018 @ 10:23 am. The temblor was reported at 17:23:16 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.1 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 118 km W of Kabanjahe, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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