A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Saturday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:44:46 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 11:44:46 / August 3, 2024 @ 11:44 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nhvv. Unique identifier: us6000nhvv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 95.8226° East, latitude 2.4452° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 62 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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