A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pematangsiantar in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 99.1389 East, latitude 2.8349 North, depth = 175.346 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.346 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 14:18:11 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mrgz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrgz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/24 / 2024-06-10 14:18:11 / June 10, 2024 @ 2:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Percut (c. 311 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Perbaungan (c. 157 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tanjungbalai (c. 142 500 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Kisaran (c. 129 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tebingtinggi (c. 117 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Percut, Deli Tua, Perbaungan (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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 15 km SSE of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia.
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