A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:11:02 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 16/02/21 / 2021-02-16 01:11:02 / February 16, 2021 @ 1:11 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000dk60. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dk60. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.0627 East, latitude 2.4538 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
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 fifteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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