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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Tomok Bolon in Indonesia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Tomok Bolon in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 05:28:38 / November 26, 2025 @ 5:28 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rdvf. Unique identifier: us7000rdvf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.9235 East, latitude 2.4703 North, depth = 156.19 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 156.19 km (97 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:28:38 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kisaran (c. 129 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Tebingtinggi (c. 117 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kabanjahe (c. 57 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pekan Bahapal (c. 40 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tebingtinggi, Kisaran, Kabanjahe (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SSE of Tomok Bolon, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	98.9235° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	2.4703° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	156.19 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km SSE of Tomok Bolon, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-26 05:28:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-26 05:43:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	369	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.222	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	142	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000rdvf	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rdvf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rdvf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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