A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 05:58:09 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.168 East, latitude 2.2594 North, depth = 22.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 22.99 km (14 miles). Unique identifier: us700048g4. Ids that are associated to the event: us700048g4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 22:58:09 / July 1, 2019 @ 10:58 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang.
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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