A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/21 / 2021-02-03 18:33:40 / February 3, 2021 @ 6:33 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:33:40 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000de90. Id of event: us6000de90. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.958° East, 2.4691° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang. Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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