A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Singkil in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:06:37 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rg6i. Unique identifier: us6000rg6i. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/25 / 2025-09-17 21:06:37 / September 17, 2025 @ 9:06 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 97.0491° East, 2.0809° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 85 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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