A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 96.2741 East, latitude 2.2035 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 10:58:43 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007clh. Id of event: us60007clh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 03:58:43 / January 22, 2020 @ 3:58 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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