A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 131.106 km (81 miles). Exact location, longitude 98.9713° East, latitude 1.8736° North, depth = 131.106 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe5d. Unique identifier: us7000pe5d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 20:56:03 / February 16, 2025 @ 8:56 pm. The temblor was picked up at 20:56:03 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar, Padangsidempuan, Sibolga (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 25 km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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