A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us60005lux. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005lux. The temblor was detected at 05:32:47 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 22:32:47 / September 21, 2019 @ 10:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.88 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 95.6956° East, latitude 2.5786° North, depth = 27.88 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 76 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply