A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 31.929 km, 96.4963° East, 2.2734° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 06:26:15 / February 26, 2025 @ 6:26 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:26:15 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.929 km (20 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pxaa. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxaa.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 26 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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