A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us2000j2us. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j2us. The temblor was detected at 11:02:31 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/19 / 2019-01-11 05:02:31 / January 11, 2019 @ 5:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.7207° East, 2.4768° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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