A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1gi. Unique identifier: us6000n1gi. Exact location of earthquake, 95.6044° East, 2.8312° North, depth 18.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 11:52:39 / May 28, 2024 @ 11:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.06 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:39 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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