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M5.1 earthquake 73 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 73 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 7, 2010, 6:35 AM GMT+7 (23:35 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-04-06 23:35:38 UTC
Depth
28.1 km (17.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.911° N, 96.721° E
Region
Indonesia
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000hat7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.469 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.074 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 5.163 km ENE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.057 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.058 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.625 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.828 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.570 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6021 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.070 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6021 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.177 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6021 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.474 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6021 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.050 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6021 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.6105 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6020 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.2110 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6020 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 4.064 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6016 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.172 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6016 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 5.065 km W of Singkil, Indonesia · 6016 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 4.486 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6015 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.258 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6013 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.197 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6012 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 4.260 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6009 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 4.356 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6009 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 4.353 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6008 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 4.369 km ENE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6004 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 4.162 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6001 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 4.658 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5993 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 4.156 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5992 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 4.361 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5987 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 4.568 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5987 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 4.195 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5981 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 5.369 km W of Singkil, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.0114 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.177 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 7.875 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6022 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.229 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6042 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.8141 km SSW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6044 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.1138 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6046 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 5.8126 km SSW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6046 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.6129 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6047 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hat7 (also filed as us2010utdc). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.