A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 171 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia (106 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 97.1997 East, latitude 1.171 North, depth = 30.73 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.73 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 14:06:38 / May 31, 2019 @ 2:06 pm. Id of earthquake: us70003tph. Event ids that are associated: us70003tph. The temblor was detected at 21:06:38 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 171 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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