A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:28:48 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008wvu. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008wvu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 21:28:48 / April 8, 2020 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 96.9459 East, latitude 2.1761 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang. 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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