A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 01:47:20 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rny3. Event ids that are associated: us6000rny3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 96.2234° East, latitude 2.2866° North, depth = 23.205 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.205 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/25 / 2025-10-28 01:47:20 / October 28, 2025 @ 1:47 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang.
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 was reported nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 27 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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