A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Singkil in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.781 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:07:27 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 97.9639 East, latitude 2.6034 North, depth = 90.781 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pmkp. Event ids that are associated: us6000pmkp. Global time and date of event 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 05:07:27 / January 17, 2025 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kabanjahe. Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kabanjahe (c. 57 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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: 40 km NNE of Singkil, Indonesia.
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