A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 95.7084° East, 2.4958° North, depth 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:50:53 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/20 / 2020-10-04 13:50:53 / October 4, 2020 @ 1:50 pm. Unique identifier: us6000c6t9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c6t9.
The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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