A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 17:46:04 / August 10, 2024 @ 5:46 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000npbd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000npbd. The temblor was picked up at 17:46:04 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.543 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.7959 East, latitude 2.7112 North, depth = 25.543 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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