A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 17:38:10 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.7296° East, 2.3851° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000jhej. Event ids that are associated: us2000jhej. The temblor was picked up at 23:38:10 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 73 km (45 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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