A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.8111 East, latitude 0.8399 North, depth = 83.643 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:14:16 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt31. Unique identifier: us6000nt31. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.643 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 16:14:16 / September 19, 2024 @ 4:14 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Nearby 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. 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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