A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.06 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us70005b2b. Event ids that are associated: us70005b2b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 37.06 km, 96.6603° East, 2.2093° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:41:23 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 22:41:23 / September 1, 2019 @ 10:41 pm.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang. Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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