A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Saturday. Unique identifier: us7000pzwb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzwb. The temblor was reported at 21:20:15 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.0257 East, latitude 2.5791 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 21:20:15 / May 17, 2025 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang.
Each 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. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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