A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 99.1027° East, latitude 1.6401° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:49:14 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006dkf. Event ids that are associated: us70006dkf. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 03:49:14 / November 27, 2019 @ 3:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar, Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (21 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 35 km NNW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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