A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:30:45 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.287 km (52 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mszn. Unique identifier: us6000mszn. Exact location of event, depth 84.287 km, 98.8196° East, 0.9268° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 16:30:45 / April 22, 2024 @ 4:30 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.
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