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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake reported in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has been reported in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The event was recorded by a single monitoring source. It is not yet known whether the tremor caused any casualties or damage.
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WhereIndonesia
-4.752, 109.622 ±400 km
First reported5 days ago
Published2026-10-20 17:01 UTC
Sources1
How this travelled.
Reports1Independent tellings1
1 independently corroborated telling.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 5.0 earthquake reported in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. 2026-10-20T17:01:27.495Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6656. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-20/m-5-northern-sumatra-indonesia-fc62f59f
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