Indonesia earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 58 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 58 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia on Fri, Apr 16, 2010, 4:37 AM GMT+7 (21:37 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 58 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-04-15 21:37:09 UTC
Depth
26.9 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
2.044° N, 96.682° E
Region
Indonesia
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 usp000hbf8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.197 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6015 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.260 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6013 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.356 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6013 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.353 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6011 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 4.369 km ENE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6008 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.162 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6004 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.658 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5996 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 4.156 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5996 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 4.361 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5991 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 4.568 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5990 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.195 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5985 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.3128 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia · 5965 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.330 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5958 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.6131 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 5957 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.486 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6018 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 5.065 km W of Singkil, Indonesia · 6019 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.172 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6020 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.064 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6020 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 4.2110 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6023 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.6105 km SW of Singkil, Indonesia · 6024 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.050 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6024 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.474 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6024 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.177 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6024 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.070 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6024 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.570 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.828 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.625 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.058 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 4.057 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 5.163 km ENE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.074 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.469 km ESE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 5.173 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  20. 5.369 km W of Singkil, Indonesia · 6025 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hbf8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.