A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:11:11 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70003cd7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003cd7. Exact location of earthquake, 96.1993° East, 2.9525° North, depth 36.23 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.23 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 16:11:11 / April 17, 2019 @ 4:11 pm.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km NNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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