A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 13:52:59 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.1103 East, latitude 2.1993 North, depth = 39.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.06 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 06:52:59 / July 10, 2019 @ 6:52 am. Event id: us70004glt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004glt.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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