A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:17:35 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 03:17:35 / December 3, 2015 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 95.6418° East, 2.6595° North, depth 29.68 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.68 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us100042wu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042wu.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 84 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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