A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.87 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:14:55 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/24 / 2024-07-05 08:14:55 / July 5, 2024 @ 8:14 am. Exact location of event, longitude 96.1505 East, latitude 2.3796 North, depth = 27.87 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mx6y. Event ids that are associated: us7000mx6y.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 27 km WSW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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