A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Kabanjahe in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 88.67 km (55 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 97.7135° East, 3.0784° North, depth 88.67 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:41 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60007h33. Event ids that are associated: us60007h33. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 08:03:41 / January 27, 2020 @ 8:03 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kabanjahe (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Kabanjahe (c. 57 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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.
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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. 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: 86 km W of Kabanjahe, Indonesia.
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