A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qp4. Id of event: us70008qp4. The temblor was picked up at 21:16:54 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 96.1959 East, latitude 2.0372 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 15:16:54 / April 7, 2020 @ 3:16 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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