A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 95.6013 East, latitude 2.8494 North, depth = 31.622 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.622 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rpg5. Event ids that are associated: us6000rpg5. The temblor was picked up at 21:11:23 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 21:11:23 / November 20, 2025 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 95 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.
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