A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:55 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.09 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 98.964 East, latitude 1.9089 North, depth = 133.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dyzy. Id of event: us1000dyzy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 21:02:55 / May 5, 2018 @ 9:02 pm.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar, Padangsidempuan, Sibolga (min 5000 pop).
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 nineteen 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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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: 27 km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia.
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