A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 152 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia (94 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:56:48 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/19 / 2019-10-15 18:56:48 / October 15, 2019 @ 6:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005uf8. Id of event: us70005uf8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 96.9161 East, latitude 1.2136 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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