A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 99.2583° East, 1.7638° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:22:38 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pzf6. Event ids that are associated: us6000pzf6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/03/25 / 2025-03-17 22:22:38 / March 17, 2025 @ 10:22 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rantauprapat, Bandar, Sibolga (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km N of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.
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