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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Sinabang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.616S, 95.8441WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.8441 East, latitude 2.616 North, depth = 28.724 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/25 / 2025-11-27 11:18:04 / November 27, 2025 @ 11:18 am. The temblor was reported at 11:18:04 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rv06. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rv06. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.724 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.8441° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.616° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.724 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-27 11:18:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-24 09:53:37 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 271 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.077 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 us6000rv06 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rv06 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rv06, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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