A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us7000ns6d. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns6d. Exact location of event, depth 88.978 km, 98.3457° East, 1.4045° North. The temblor was reported at 15:28:40 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 15:28:40 / November 16, 2024 @ 3:28 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88.978 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 61 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia.
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