A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 12:41:46 / September 9, 2015 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sinabang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:41:46 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.43 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003hit. Event ids that are associated: us20003hit. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.3529 East, latitude 2.329 North, depth = 26.43 km.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Questions or comments?
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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply