A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 96.6499° East, latitude 2.0868° North, depth = 35.134 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.134 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 01:32:05 / August 24, 2025 @ 1:32 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000r3ev. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3ev. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:32:05 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 52 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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