A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 96.02 East, latitude 2.348 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 21:19:27 / April 16, 2025 @ 9:19 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:19:27 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q6m1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6m1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (26 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
Each 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 WSW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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