A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jjqr. Unique identifier: us2000jjqr. The temblor was reported at 05:11:38 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/19 / 2019-02-18 22:11:38 / February 18, 2019 @ 10:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.1987° East, 2.2153° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 35 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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