A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.8035 East, latitude 2.7433 North, depth = 28.29 km. Global time and date of event 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 15:08:56 / April 21, 2020 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.29 km (18 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:08:56 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60009dbr. Ids that are associated to the event: us60009dbr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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